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Tephra data for Inyo domes, California

July 20, 2026

Data on tephra thicknesses for the Inyo eruptions from Miller (1985) and Bursik and Sieh (2013) are combined to produce revised isopach maps for the South Deadman vent, Obsidian Flow vent, and Glass Creek vent. Volumes are calculated for the four sets of isopachs, and the total tephra volume is calculated to be 0.21 cubic km. The Miller (1985) data are obtained from field maps and notebooks, and the Bursik and Sieh (2013) data are extracted from Keyhole Markup Language files (.kml). References; Bursik, M., and Sieh, K., 2013, Digital database of the Holocene tephras of the Mono-Inyo Craters, California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 758, 6 p., data files, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/758/. Miller, C. D., 1985, Holocene eruptions at the Inyo volcanic chain, California—Implications for possible eruptions in Long Valley caldera: Geology, v. 13, p. 14–17, https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<14:HEATIV>2.0.CO;2.

Publication Year 2026
Title Tephra data for Inyo domes, California
DOI 10.5066/P1BC3NPP
Authors Manuel Nathenson
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization USGS Volcano Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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