Field Guides

By Volcano Hazards Program

Field guides are developed by USGS, local-government, or university geologist to offer factual and informative geologic history for visitors to volcanic landscapes.

Field guides provide geologic insight during volcanic visits.

California

Lassen Volcanic Center

Clynne, M. A. & Muffler, L. P. (2017). Geologic field-trip guide to the Lassen segment of the Cascades Arc, northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-K2, 65 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022K2

Muffler, L. P. & Clynne, M. A. (2015). Geologic field-trip guide to Lassen Volcanic National Park and vicinity, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2015-5067, 67 p. doi:10.3133/sir20155067

Long Valley Caldera

Hildreth, W. & Fierstein, J. (2017). Geologic field-trip guide to Long Valley Caldera, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2017-5022-L, 119 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022L

Medicine Lake

Geologic field-trip guide to Medicine Lake Volcano, northern California, including Lava Beds National Monument. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report (2017). U.S. Geological Survey, 2017-5022-K1, 53 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022K1

Fink, J. H. & Anderson, S. W. (2017). Emplacement of Holocene silicic lava flows and domes at Newberry, South Sister, and Medicine Lake volcanoes, California and Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-I, 41 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022I

Mount Shasta

Christiansen, R. L., Calvert, A. T. & Grove, T. L. (2017). Geologic field-trip guide to Mount Shasta Volcano, northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-K3, 33 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022K3

Nevada

Soda Lakes

Price, J. G. & LaPointe, D. D. (1998). Ancient lakes and volcanoes near Fallon: Field trip for families and rockhounds. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Educational Series, E-28, 4 p.

New Mexico

Carrizozo Lava Flow

Anthony, E. Y., Hoffer, J., Williams, W. J., Poths, J. & Penn, B. (1998). Geochemistry and geochronology of Quaternary mafic volcanic rocks in the vicinity of Carrizozo, New Mexico. Mack, G. H., Austin, G. S. & Barker, J. M. (Eds.) , New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference Guidebook - 49 La Cruces Country II, 49, p. 117-122.

Allen, J. E. (1952). The Carrizozo Malpais. Roswell Geological Society Guidebook, p. 9-11.

Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field

Laughlin, A. W., Charles, R. W., Reid, K. & White, C. (1993). Field-trip guide to the geochronology of the El Malpais National Monument and the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field, New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin, 149, 23 p.

Oregon

Crater Lake

Geist, D., Wolff, J. & Harpp, K. (2017). Field-trip guide to a volcanic transect of the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-M, 31 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022M

Bacon, C. R. & Wright, H. M. (2017). Geologic field trip guide to Mount Mazama and Crater Lake Caldera, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-J1, 47 p.

Bacon, C. R., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., Jensen, R. A. & Wright, H. M. (2017). Overview for geologic field-trip guides to Mount Mazama, Crater Lake Caldera, and Newberry Volcano, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-J, 3 p.

Mount Bachelor

Scott, W. E. & Gardner, C. (1990). Field Trip Guide to the Central Oregon High Cascades, Part I: Mount Bachelor-South Sister Area. Oregon Geology, 52, pp. 99-117.

Mount Hood

Scott, W. E. & Gardner, C. (2017). Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2017-5022-G, 115 p. doi:https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175022g

Pierson, T., Scott, W. E., Vallance, J. W. & Pringle, P. T. (2009). Eruption-related lahars and sedimentation response downstream of Mount Hood: Field guide to volcaniclastic deposits along the Sandy River, Oregon. O'Connor, J. E., Dorsey, R. J. & Madin, I. P. (Eds.) , Geological Society of America Field Guide , 15, 221-236. doi:10.1130/2009.fl d015(11)

Scott, W. E., Gardner, C., Sherrod, D. R., Tilling, R. I., Lanphere, M. A. & Conrey, R. M. (1997). Geologic history of Mount Hood Volcano, Oregon; a field-trip guidebook. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 97-263, 38 p.

Swanson, D. A., Cameron, K. A., Evarts, R., Pringle, P. T. & Vance, J. (1989). Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau, Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon. AGU Field Trip Guidebook, T106, 60 p. doi:ISBN: 0-87590-604-4

Newberry

Geist, D., Wolff, J. & Harpp, K. (2017). Field-trip guide to a volcanic transect of the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report,-5022-M, 31 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022M

Jensen, R. A. & Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. (2017). Field-trip guide to the geologic highlights of Newberry Volcano, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-J2, 30 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022J2

Jensen, R. A., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Mckay, D. (2009). A field guide to Newberry Volcano, Oregon. O'Connor, J. E., Dorsey, R. J. & Madin, I. P. (Eds.) , Geological Society of America Field Guide, 15, pp. 53-79.

Jensen, R. A. (2006). Roadside Guide to the Geology of Newberry Volcano., 4th Edition, 182 pp. doi:ISBN 0-9646287-1-6

Three Sisters

Fink, J. H. & Anderson, S. W. (2017). Emplacement of Holocene silicic lava flows and domes at Newberry, South Sister, and Medicine Lake volcanoes, California and Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-I, 41 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022I

Scott, W. E. & Gardner, C. (1990). Field Trip Guide to the Central Oregon High Cascades, Part I: Mount Bachelor-South Sister Area. Oregon Geology, 52, pp. 99-117.

Washington

Indian Heaven Volcanic Field

Swanson, D. A., Cameron, K. A., Evarts, R., Pringle, P. T. & Vance, J. (1989). IGC Field Trip T106: Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau, Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon. AGU Field Trip Guidebook, T106, 60 pp.

Hammond, P. E. (1987). Lone Butte and Crazy Hills: subglacial volcanic complexes, Cascade Range, Washington. Centennial Field Guide, 1, pp 339-344.

Mount Adams

Mount Rainier

Jutzeler, M. & McPhee, J. (2017). Field-Trip Guide to Subaqueous Volcaniclastic Facies in the Ancestral Cascades Arc in Southern Washington State—The Ohanapecosh Formation and Wildcat Creek Beds. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-B, 24 p. doi:https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175022B

Pringle, P. T. (2008). Roadside Geology of Mount Rainier National Park and Vicinity. Information Circular, 107, 191 p.

Driedger, C. (1986). A Visitor's Guide to Mount Rainier Glaciers. Pacific Northwest National Parks and Forests Association, 80 p. doi:ISBN-10: 0914019112

Mount St. Helens

Brand, B. D., Pollock, N., Sarocchi, D., Dufek, J. & Clynne, M. A. (2017). Field-trip guide for exploring pyroclastic density current deposits from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-C, 34p.

Pallister, J. S., Clynne, M. A., Wright, H. M., Van Eaton, A. R., Vallance, J. W., Sherrod, D. R. & Kokelaar, B. P. (2017). Field-trip guide to Mount St. Helens, Washington - An overview of the eruptive history and petrology, tephra deposits, 1980 pyroclastic density current deposits, and the crater. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-D, 65 p.

Major, J., Crisafulli, C. M. & Frenzen, P. (2009). After the disaster: The hydrogeomorphic, ecological, and biological responses to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington. O'Connor, J. E., Dorsey, R. J. & Madin, I. P. (Eds.) , Geological Society of America Field Guide, 15, pp. 111-134.

Doukas, M. P. (1990). Road Guide to Volcanic Deposits of Mount St. Helens and Vicinity. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1859, 53 p.

Wyoming

Yellowstone

Morzel, L. A., Shanks, W. P., Lowenstern, J. B., Farrell, J. M. & Robinson, J. E. (2017). Geologic field-trip guide to the volcanic and hydrothermal landscape of the Yellowstone Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-P, 100 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022P

Vazquez, J. A., Stelten, M., Bindeman, I. N. & Cooper, K. M. (2017). A field trip guide to the petrology of Quaternary volcanism on the Yellowstone Plateau. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2017-5022-Q, 68 p. doi:10.3133/sir20175022Q

Fournier, R. O., Christiansen, R. L., Hutchinson, R. A. & Pierce, K. L. (1994). A field-trip guide to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho; volcanic, hydrothermal, and glacial activity in the region. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2099, 46 p.