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CalVO geologists take paleomag samples from a basaltic andesite lava flow on Ash Creek Butte

By California Volcano Observatory September 2020 (approx.)
In front of an outcrop of matte grey rock splotched with lichens, a young man in an orange safety vest gives a happy thumbs up and an older man sits writing notes in a small notebook and smiles at the camera. The rocks are perched on a moderate slope covered in brushy manzanita and scraggly pine trees.
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Andy Calvert and Tony Pivarunas drill into the face of a lava flow on Ash Creek Butte, a Pleistocene shield volcano northeast of Mount Shasta. USGS photo by Dawnika Blatter

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