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The Geologic Story of Yellowstone National Park · William R. Keefer — chapter 3 of 3 · ~125 words · public domain

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U.S. Geological Survey, 1964, The Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake of August 17, 1959: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 435, 242 pages.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1972, Geologic map of Yellowstone National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-711 (in press).

White, D. E., 1967, Some principles of geyser activity, mainly from Steamboat Springs, Nevada: American Journal of Science, volume 265, number 8, pages 641-684.

★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1972 O-467-725

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