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William E Scott

In retirement I am working on completing a geologic map of Mount Hood volcano, Oregon.

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Geologic map of the Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5′ quadrangles, Hood River County, Oregon Geologic map of the Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5′ quadrangles, Hood River County, Oregon

The Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5' quadrangles encompasses an area of ~201 km2 (77.6 mi2) of the High Cascades of north-central Oregon, lying across the eastern slopes of Mount Hood volcano (Figure 1-1; Plate 1; referred to herein as Dog River–Badger Lake area). Mount Hood, known as Wy’east to Native Americans, is Oregon’s tallest peak (3,427 m [11,241 ft]). The...
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Geologic map of the Bend 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, central Oregon Geologic map of the Bend 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, central Oregon

This map presents the stratigraphic and structural setting of volcanic and sedimentary strata deposited during the past 35 million years across 4,430 km2 in central Oregon. Snowfall in the Cascade Range (west part of map area) recharges important aquifers in the Deschutes basin (central part of map). The area includes the majestic peaks of the Three Sisters volcanoes, where continued...
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama
Mount St. Helens Panorama
Mount St. Helens Panorama
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

View northward from Mount St. Helens' crater rim, July 2006.

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Natural Hazards, Volcano Hazards, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens, Communications and Publishing
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

View northward from Mount St. Helens' crater rim, July 2006.

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Natural Hazards, Volcano Hazards, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens, Communications and Publishing
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Following the tug of the audience from complex to simplified hazards maps at Cascade Range volcanoes Following the tug of the audience from complex to simplified hazards maps at Cascade Range volcanoes

Volcano-hazard maps are broadly recognized as important tools for forecasting and managing volcanic crises and for disseminating spatial information to authorities and people at risk. As scientists, we might presume that hazards maps can be developed at the time and with the methods of our discretion, yet the co-production of maps with stakeholder groups, who have programmatic needs of...
Authors
Carolyn L. Driedger, David W. Ramsey, William E. Scott, Lisa M. Faust, Joseph A. Bard, Patti Wold
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Geology of Kasatochi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Geology of Kasatochi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Kasatochi is a small, isolated island volcano in the center of the Aleutian Island chain. It consists of a roughly circular cone ~3 km in diameter with a lake-filled central crater that is 1.2 km in diameter and extends from the highest point on the island to sea level. The earliest unit recognized is a thick series of mid-Pleistocene glaciovolcanic deposits consisting of autobrecciated...
Authors
Christopher J. Nye, William E. Scott, Owen K Neill, Christopher F. Waythomas, Cheryl E. Cameron, Andrew T. Calvert
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards

This guidebook describes stops of interest for a geological field trip around Mount Hood volcano. It was developed for the 2017 International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) Scientific Assembly in Portland, Oregon. The intent of this guidebook and accompanying contributions is to provide an overview of Mount Hood, including its chief geologic...
Authors
William E. Scott, Cynthia A. Gardner
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center, Mount Hood

Digital data for preliminary geologic map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, northern Cascade Range, Oregon Digital data for preliminary geologic map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, northern Cascade Range, Oregon

The Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle covers the axis and east flank of the Cascade Range in northern Oregon. Its namesake, Mount Hood volcano, dominates the view in the northwest quarter of the quadrangle, but the entire area is underlain by Oligocene and younger volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Cascade Range. Since the time of the Columbia River Basalt Group about 15...
Authors
Lina Ma, David R. Sherrod, William E. Scott
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Summit crater lake observations, and the location, chemistry, and pH of water samples near Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska: 2004-2012 Summit crater lake observations, and the location, chemistry, and pH of water samples near Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska: 2004-2012

Mount Chiginagak is a hydrothermally active volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, approximately 170 km south–southwest of King Salmon, Alaska (fig. 1). This small stratovolcano, approximately 8 km in diameter, has erupted through Tertiary to Permian sedimentary and igneous rocks (Detterman and others, 1987). The highest peak is at an elevation of 2,135 m, and the upper ~1,000 m of the volcano...
Authors
Janet R. Schaefer, William E. Scott, William C. Evans, Bronwen Wang, Robert G. McGimsey
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Preliminary observations of voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt, Alaska Preliminary observations of voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt, Alaska

Redoubt Volcano in south-central Alaska began erupting on March 15, 2009, and by April 4, 2009, had produced at least 20 explosive events that generated plumes of ash and lahars. The 3,108-m high, snow- and -ice-clad stratovolcano has an ice-filled summit crater that is breached to the north. The volcano supports about 4 km3 of ice and snow and about 1 km3 of this makes up the Drift...
Authors
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major, William E. Scott
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Geologic map of the Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5′ quadrangles, Hood River County, Oregon Geologic map of the Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5′ quadrangles, Hood River County, Oregon

The Dog River and northern part of the Badger Lake 7.5' quadrangles encompasses an area of ~201 km2 (77.6 mi2) of the High Cascades of north-central Oregon, lying across the eastern slopes of Mount Hood volcano (Figure 1-1; Plate 1; referred to herein as Dog River–Badger Lake area). Mount Hood, known as Wy’east to Native Americans, is Oregon’s tallest peak (3,427 m [11,241 ft]). The...
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Geologic map of the Bend 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, central Oregon Geologic map of the Bend 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, central Oregon

This map presents the stratigraphic and structural setting of volcanic and sedimentary strata deposited during the past 35 million years across 4,430 km2 in central Oregon. Snowfall in the Cascade Range (west part of map area) recharges important aquifers in the Deschutes basin (central part of map). The area includes the majestic peaks of the Three Sisters volcanoes, where continued...
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama
Mount St. Helens Panorama
Mount St. Helens Panorama
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

View northward from Mount St. Helens' crater rim, July 2006.

By
Natural Hazards, Volcano Hazards, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens, Communications and Publishing
Image: Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

Mount St. Helens Panorama

View northward from Mount St. Helens' crater rim, July 2006.

By
Natural Hazards, Volcano Hazards, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens, Communications and Publishing
Filter Total Items: 70

Following the tug of the audience from complex to simplified hazards maps at Cascade Range volcanoes Following the tug of the audience from complex to simplified hazards maps at Cascade Range volcanoes

Volcano-hazard maps are broadly recognized as important tools for forecasting and managing volcanic crises and for disseminating spatial information to authorities and people at risk. As scientists, we might presume that hazards maps can be developed at the time and with the methods of our discretion, yet the co-production of maps with stakeholder groups, who have programmatic needs of...
Authors
Carolyn L. Driedger, David W. Ramsey, William E. Scott, Lisa M. Faust, Joseph A. Bard, Patti Wold
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Geology of Kasatochi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Geology of Kasatochi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Kasatochi is a small, isolated island volcano in the center of the Aleutian Island chain. It consists of a roughly circular cone ~3 km in diameter with a lake-filled central crater that is 1.2 km in diameter and extends from the highest point on the island to sea level. The earliest unit recognized is a thick series of mid-Pleistocene glaciovolcanic deposits consisting of autobrecciated...
Authors
Christopher J. Nye, William E. Scott, Owen K Neill, Christopher F. Waythomas, Cheryl E. Cameron, Andrew T. Calvert
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards

This guidebook describes stops of interest for a geological field trip around Mount Hood volcano. It was developed for the 2017 International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) Scientific Assembly in Portland, Oregon. The intent of this guidebook and accompanying contributions is to provide an overview of Mount Hood, including its chief geologic...
Authors
William E. Scott, Cynthia A. Gardner
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center, Mount Hood

Digital data for preliminary geologic map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, northern Cascade Range, Oregon Digital data for preliminary geologic map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, northern Cascade Range, Oregon

The Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute quadrangle covers the axis and east flank of the Cascade Range in northern Oregon. Its namesake, Mount Hood volcano, dominates the view in the northwest quarter of the quadrangle, but the entire area is underlain by Oligocene and younger volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Cascade Range. Since the time of the Columbia River Basalt Group about 15...
Authors
Lina Ma, David R. Sherrod, William E. Scott
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Summit crater lake observations, and the location, chemistry, and pH of water samples near Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska: 2004-2012 Summit crater lake observations, and the location, chemistry, and pH of water samples near Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska: 2004-2012

Mount Chiginagak is a hydrothermally active volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, approximately 170 km south–southwest of King Salmon, Alaska (fig. 1). This small stratovolcano, approximately 8 km in diameter, has erupted through Tertiary to Permian sedimentary and igneous rocks (Detterman and others, 1987). The highest peak is at an elevation of 2,135 m, and the upper ~1,000 m of the volcano...
Authors
Janet R. Schaefer, William E. Scott, William C. Evans, Bronwen Wang, Robert G. McGimsey
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Preliminary observations of voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt, Alaska Preliminary observations of voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt, Alaska

Redoubt Volcano in south-central Alaska began erupting on March 15, 2009, and by April 4, 2009, had produced at least 20 explosive events that generated plumes of ash and lahars. The 3,108-m high, snow- and -ice-clad stratovolcano has an ice-filled summit crater that is breached to the north. The volcano supports about 4 km3 of ice and snow and about 1 km3 of this makes up the Drift...
Authors
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major, William E. Scott
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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