Publications
A selection of USGS publications about the Lassen Volcanic Center.
Fact Sheets
Clynne, M. A., Christiansen, R. L., Stauffer, P. H., Hendley II, J. W. & Bleick, H. (2014). A Sight "Fearfully Grand" — Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 2014-3119, 4 p.
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.
Clynne, M. A., Janik, C. J. & Muffler, L. P. (2003). "Hot Water" in Lassen Volcanic National Park - Fumaroles, Steaming Ground, and Boiling Mudpots. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 101-02, 4 p.
Clynne, M. A., Champion, D. E., Trimble, D. A., Hendley II, J. W. & Stauffer, P. H. (2000). How old is "Cinder Cone"? - solving a mystery in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 023-00, 4 p.
Clynne, M. A., Christiansen, R. L., Miller, C. D., Stauffer, P. H. & Hendley II, J. W. (2000). Volcano hazards of the Lassen Volcanic National Park Area, California. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 022-00, 4 p.
Field Guides
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.
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.
Geologic Maps
Clynne, M. A. & Muffler, L. P. (2010). Geologic map of Lassen Volcanic National Park and vicinity, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map , 2899, 95 p.
Christiansen, R. L., Clynne, M. A. & Muffler, L. P. (2002). Geologic Map of the Lassen Peak, Chaos Crags, and Upper Hat Creek Area, California. U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series , 2723, 18 p.
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.
Clynne, M. A., Robinson, J. E., Nathenson, M. & Muffler, L. P. (2012). Volcano hazards assessment for the Lassen region, northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2012-5176-A, 47 p.
Nathenson, M., Clynne, M. A. & Muffler, L. P. (2012). Eruption probabilities for the Lassen Volcanic Center and regional volcanism, northern California, and probabilities for large explosive eruptions in the Cascade Range. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2012-5176-B, 23 p.
Robinson, J. E. & Clynne, M. A. (2012). Lahar Hazard Zones for Eruption-Generated Lahars in the Lassen Volcanic Center, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2012-5176-C, 13 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.
Christiansen, R. L. (1982). Volcanic hazard potential in the California Cascades. Martin, R. C. & Davis, J. F. (Eds.) Special Publication , 63, p. 41-59.
Journal Articles
Ingebritsen, S.E., Bergfeld, D., Clor, L., Evans, W.C. (2016). The Lassen hydrothermal system. American Mineralogist, 101, 343-354.
Ingebritsen, S.E., Shelly, D.R., Hsieh, P.A., Clor, L., Seward, P.H., Evans, W.C. (2015). Hydrothermal resposne to a volcano-tectonic earthquake swarm, Lassen, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(21), 9223-9230.
Klemetti, E.W., Clynne, M.A. (2014). Localized rejuvenation of a crystal mush recorded in a zircon temporal and compositional variation at the Lassen Volcanic Center, northern California. PLoS ONE, 9(12).
Janik, C. J. & McLaren, M. K. (2009). Seismicity and fluid geochemistry at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: Evidence for two circulation cells in the hydrothermal system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 189, p. 257-277.
Feeley, T.C., Clynne, M.A., Winer, G.S., Grice, W.C. (2008). Oxygen isotope geochemistry of the Lassen Volcanic Center, California: Resolving crustal and mantle contributions to continental Arc magmatism. Journal of Petrology, 48, 971-997.
Ingebritsen, S.E., Galloway, D.L., Colvard, E.M., Sorey, M.L., Mariner, R.H. (2001). Time-variation of hydrothermal discharge at selected sites in the Western United States: Implications for monitoring. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 111, 1-23.
Clynne, M.A. (1999). A complex magma mixing origin for rocks erupted in 1915, Lassen Peak, California. Journal of Petrology, 40, 105-132.
Dzurisin, D. (1999). Results of repeated leveling surveys at Newberry Volcano, Oregon, and near Lassen Peak Volcano, California. Bulletin of Volcanology , 61, pp. 83-91.
Bacon, C. R., Bruggman, P., Christiansen, R. L., Clynne, M. A., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Hildreth, W. (1997). Primitive magmas at five Cascade volcanic fields: melts from hot, heterogeneous sub-arc mantle. Canadian Mineralogist , 35, 397-423.
Guffanti, M., Clynne, M.A., Muffler, L.P.J. (1996). Thermal and mass implications of magmatic evolution in the Lassen volcanic region, California, and minimum constraints on basalt influx to the lower crust. Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, 101, 3003-3013.
Guffanti, M., Clynne, M.A., Smith, J.G., Muffler, L.J.P., Bullen, T.D. (1990). Late Cenozoic volcanism, subduction, and extension in the Lassen region of California, southern Cascade Range. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 95, 19543-19464.
Clynne, M. (1990). Stratigraphic, lithologic, and major element geochemical constraints on magmatic evolution at Lassen volcanic center, California. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 95, 19651-19669.
Bullen, T.D., Clynne, M.A. (1990). Trace element and isotopic constraints on magmatic evolution at Lassen volcanic center. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 95, 19671-19961.
Ingebritsen, S.E., Sorey, M.L. (1985). A quantitative analysis of the Lassen hydrothermal system, north central California. Water Resources Research, 21, 853-868.
USGS General Publication
Janik, C. J. & Bergfeld, D. (2010). Analyses of Gas, Steam and Water Samples Collected in and Around Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, 1975–2002. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2010-1036, 13 p.
Clynne, M. A., Christiansen, R. L., Trimble, D. A. & McGeehin, J. P. (2008). Radiocarbon dates from volcanic deposits of the Chaos Crags and Cinder Cone eruptive sequences and other deposits, Lassen Volcanic National Park and vicinity, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2002-290, 18 p.
Clynne, M.A., Muffler, L.J.P., Siems, D.F., Taggart Jr., J.E., Burggman, P. (2008). Major and EDXRF Trace Element Chemical Analyses of Volcanic Rocks from Lassen Volcanic National Park and Vicinity, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2008-1091, 10p.
Hildreth, W. (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades - Geologic Perspectives. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1744, 125 p.
Moran, S. (Ed.) (2004). Seismic monitoring at Cascade Volcanic Centers, 2004 -- status and recommendations. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2004-5211, 28 p.
Sorey, M.L., Colvard, E.M. (1994). Measurements of heat and mass flow from thermal areas in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, 1984-93. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 94-4180-A.
Paulson, K.M., Ingebritsen, S.E. (1991). Sodium and chloride data from selected streams in the Lassen area, north-central California, and their relation to thermal-fluid discharge from the Lassen Volcanic Center. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Investigations Report, 90-4201.
Muffler, P. L., Weaver, C. & Blackwell, D. (Eds.) (1989). Proceedings of workshop XLIV; geological, geophysical, and tectonic setting of the Cascade Range. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 89-178, 706 p.
Chadwick, W., Iwatsubo, E., Swanson, D. A. & Ewert, J. W. (1985). Measurements of slope distances and vertical angles at Mount Baker and Mount Rainier, Washington, Mount Hood and Crater Lake, Oregon, and Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak, California, 1980-1984. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 85-205, 98 p.
Sorey, M.L., Ingebritsen, S.E. (1984). Quantitative analysis of the hydrothermal system in Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lassen Known Geothermal Resource Area. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 84-4278, 80p.
Clynne, M.A., (1984). Stratigraphy and major element geochemistry of the Lassen volcanic center, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-224, 178p.
Thompson, J.M. (1983). Chemical analyses of thermal and nonthermal springs in Lassen Volcanic National Park and vicinity, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 83-311, 27 p.
Muffler, L.J.P., Nehring, N.L., Truesdell, A.H., Janick, C.J., Clynne, M.A., Thompson, J.M. (1982). The Lassen geothermal system. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 82-926, 9p.