Doublet Pool

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Doublet Pool
Location Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
Coordinates 44°27′52″N110°49′47″W / 44.4643188°N 110.8296237°W / 44.4643188; -110.8296237 Coordinates: 44°27′52″N110°49′47″W / 44.4643188°N 110.8296237°W / 44.4643188; -110.8296237 [1]
Elevation7,356 feet (2,242 m) [2]
Type Hot spring
Temperature194.4 °F (90.2 °C)
Depth8 feet (2.4 m)

Doublet Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Hot spring spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater

A hot spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth's crust. While some of these springs contain water that is a safe temperature for bathing, others are so hot that immersion can result in an injury or death.

Yellowstone National Park First national park in the world, located in the US states Wyoming, Montana and Idaho

Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located mostly in Wyoming, with small sections in Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular features. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.

Wyoming State in the United States

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The state is the 10th largest by area, the least populous, and the second most sparsely populated state in the country. Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho and Montana. The state population was estimated at 577,737 in 2018, which is less than 31 of the most populous U.S. cities including Denver in neighboring Colorado. Cheyenne is the state capital and the most populous city, with an estimated population of 63,624 in 2017.

Doublet Pool is 8 feet (2.4 m) deep and its temperature is approximately 194.4 °F (90.2 °C). [3] Its scalloped edge is made of geyserite. Eruptions can occur in Doublet Pool, but only last up to 8 minutes. The pool on the right pulses over the vents about every two hours. [4] Occasionally there will be vibrations, surface wave motion, and thumping; these effects are caused by collapsing gas and steam bubbles deep underground. [5]

Geyserite A form of opaline silica that is often found around hot springs and geysers

Geyserite is a form of opaline silica that is often found around hot springs and geysers. It is sometimes referred to as sinter. Botryoidal geyserite is known as fiorite.

See also

Geothermal areas of Yellowstone geyser basins and other geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park

The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. A study that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park. The number of geysers in each geyser basin are as follows: Upper Geyser Basin (410), Midway Geyser Basin (59), Lower Geyser Basin (283), Norris Geyser Basin (193), West Thumb Geyser Basin (84), Gibbon Geyser Basin (24), Lone Star Geyser Basin (21), Shoshone Geyser Basin (107), Heart Lake Geyser Basin (69), other areas (33). Although famous large geysers like Old Faithful are part of the total, most of Yellowstone's geysers are small, erupting to only a foot or two. The hydrothermal system that supplies the geysers with hot water sits within an ancient active caldera. Many of the thermal features in Yellowstone build up sinter, geyserite, or travertine deposits around and within them.

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References

  1. ↑ "Doublet Pool". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
  2. ↑ "Doublet Pool". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ "Geysers - Upper Geyser Basin". YellowstoneNationalPark.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Doublet Pool". Geysers of Yellowstone. Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA).
  5. ↑ "Doublet Pool". Old Faithful Area Tour. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04.
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