Question

The igneous activity in yellowstone national park is associated with what tectonic setting?

Answer 1

For the answer to the question above, it is associated with an intraplate setting. Well, an intraplate earthquake occurs in the interior of a tectonic plate, whereas an interplate earthquake is one that occurs at a plate boundary. Intraplate earthquakes are relatively rare. Interplate earthquakes, which occur at plate boundaries, are more common.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - interplate tectonic setting.

The Yellowstone National Park is located in close proximity to a plate boundary. This makes this place geologically very active, with the numerous gazers, volcanoes, earthquakes, faults, in the surrounding area witnessing about it.

The igneous activity is due to the penetration of the magma from the mantle layer towards the surface. Since it is a plate boundary in question, there's cracks in the crust, and the magma manages with relative ease to reach the surface, coll down, and create new igneous rocks.