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Eruptive history and petrology of Mount Drum volcano, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska Eruptive history and petrology of Mount Drum volcano, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

Mount Drum is one of the youngest volcanoes in the subduction-related Wrangell volcanic field (80x200 km) of southcentral Alaska. It lies at the northwest end of a series of large, andesite-dominated shield volcanoes that show a northwesterly progression of age from 26 Ma near the Alaska-Yukon border to about 0.2 Ma at Mount Drum. The volcano was constructed between 750 and 250 ka during...
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D.H. Richter, E. J. Moll-Stalcup, T. P. Miller, M. A. Lanphere, G. B. Dalrymple, R. L. Smith

Late Quaternary normal faulting of the Hat Creek basalt, northern California Late Quaternary normal faulting of the Hat Creek basalt, northern California

The Hat Creek fault is a major, young, north-striking, normal fault along the western boundary of extensional Basin and Range deformation in the Lessen region of northeastern California. Volcanic rocks of Quaternary and late Pliocene age are displaced a total of >500 m down to the west along west-facing, en echelon scarps now retreated to ∼35° slopes. Fresh, young scarps as much as 30 m...
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L.I.P. Muffler, M.A. Clynne, D.E. Champion

Chemistry of spring and well waters on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, and vicinity Chemistry of spring and well waters on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, and vicinity

Published and new data for chemical and isotopic samples from wells and springs on Kilauea Volcano and vicinity are presented. These data are used to understand processes that determine the chemistry of dilute meteoric water, mixtures with sea water, and thermal water. Data for well and spring samples of non-thermal water indicate that mixing with sea water and dissolution of rock from...
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Cathy J. Janik, Manuel Nathenson, M. A. Scholl

A field-trip guide to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho: Volcanic, hydrothermal, and glacial activity in the region A field-trip guide to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho: Volcanic, hydrothermal, and glacial activity in the region

This field-trip guide was originally prepared for the 7th International Symposium on Water/Rock Interaction (WRI-7) held in July 1992 in Park City, Utah. A large and diversified group of earth scientists and accompanying family members participated in this 3 1/2-day field trip that focused on water/rock interactions over widely ranging temperatures and pressures in the Yellowstone/Grand...
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Robert O. Fournier, R.L. Christiansen, R. A. Hutchinson, K. L. Pierce

Disruption of Drift glacier and origin of floods during the 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska Disruption of Drift glacier and origin of floods during the 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska

Melting of snow and glacier ice during the 1989–1990 eruption of Redoubt Volcano caused winter flooding of the Drift River. Drift glacier was beheaded when 113 to 121 × 106 m3 of perennial snow and ice were mechanically entrained in hot-rock avalanches and pyroclastic flows initiated by the four largest eruptions between 14 December 1989 and 14 March 1990. The disruption of Drift glacier...
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D.C. Trabant, R. B. Waitt, J. J. Major

Fractionation of families of major, minor, and trace metals across the melt-vapor interface in volcanic exhalations Fractionation of families of major, minor, and trace metals across the melt-vapor interface in volcanic exhalations

Chemical families of metals fractionate systematically as they pass from a silicate melt across the interface with the vapor phase and on into a cooled volcanic plume. We measured three groups of metals in a small suite of samples collected on filters from the plumes of Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Etna (Sicily), and Merapi (Java) volcanoes. These were the major, minor, and trace metals of the...
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T. K. Hinkley, M.-F. Le Cloarec, G. Lambert

The 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano: an introduction The 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano: an introduction

Redoubt Volcano, located on the west side of Cook Inlet in south-central Alaska, erupted explosively on over 20 separate occasions between December 14, 1989 and April 21, 1990. Fourteen lava domes were emplaced in the summit area, thirteen of which were subsequently destroyed. The eruption caused economic losses estimated at over $160,000,000 making this the second most costly eruption...
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T. P. Miller, B. A. Chouet

Surface degassing and modifications to vesicle size distributions in active basalt flows Surface degassing and modifications to vesicle size distributions in active basalt flows

The character of the vesicle population in lava flows includes several measurable parameters that may provide important constraints on lava flow dynamics and rheology. Interpretation of vesicle size distributions (VSDs), however, requires an understanding of vesiculation processes in feeder conduits, and of post-eruption modifications to VSDs during transport and emplacement. To this end...
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K. V. Cashman, M. T. Mangan, S. Newman
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