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Publications

Books

Hearn Jr., B. C., McLaughlin, R. J. & Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. (1988). Late Quaternary Climates, Tectonics, and Sedimentation in Clear Lake, Northern California Coast Range. Geological Society of America Special Paper , 214, 9-20.

 

Fact Sheets

Stovall, W. K., Marcaida, M. & Mangan, M. T. (2014). The California Volcano Observatory—Monitoring the State's Restless Volcanoes. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 2014-3120, 4 p.

 

Geologic Maps

Hearn Jr., B. C., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Goff, F. E. (1995). Geologic map and structure sections of the Clear Lake Volcanics, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map , 2362, 1 map, 1 data sheet.

 

Hazards Assessments and Reports

Mangan, M. T., Ball, J., Wood, N. J., Jones, J. L., Peters, J., Abdollahian, N., Dinitz, L., Blankenheim, S., Fenton, J. & Pridmore, C. (2018). California's Exposure to Volcanic Hazards. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2018-5159, 49 p.

White, M. N., Ramsey, D. W. & Miller, C. D. (2011). Database for potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in California. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 661

Miller, C. D. (1989). Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1847, 17 p.

 

Journal Articles

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Burns, M. G. (1993). The Geysers-Clear Lake Area, California: Thermal waters, mineralization, volcanism and geothermal potential. Economic Geology , 88, 301-316. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.88.2.301

 

USGS General Publication

Duffield, W. A. & Sass, J. H. (2003). Geothermal Energy: Clean Power From the Earth's Heat. U.S. Geological Survey Circular , 1249, 36 p.

Lowenstern, J. B., Janik, C. J., Langbein, J. & Johnson, L. S. (1999). Gas and isotope geochemistry of 81 steam samples from wells in the Geysers geothermal field, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California U.S.A. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 99-304, 28 p.

McLaughlin, R. J. & Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. (Eds.) (1981). Research in the Geysers-Clear Lake geothermal area, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1141, 259 p.