Publications

Bibliography

Ewert, J. W., Harpel, C. J., Brooks, S. K. & Marcaida, M. (2010). Bibliography of Literature Pertaining to Long Valley Caldera and Associated Volcanic Fields. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2010-1320, 146 p. and database.

Fact Sheets

Hildreth, W., Calvert, A.T., Fierstein, J., Marcaida, M. (2018) Frequency of volcanic eruptions in the Mammoth Lakes Sierra. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2018-3059, 2 p. 

Hill, D. P., Bailey, R. A., Sorey, M. L., Hendley II, J. W. & Stauffer, P. H. (2000). Living with a restless Caldera, Long Valley, California. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 108-96, 2 p.

Sorey, M. L., Farrar, C. D., Gerlach, T. M., McGee, K. A., Evans, W. C., Hill, D. P., Bailey, R. A., Rogie, J. D., Hendley II, J. W. & Stauffer, P. H. (2000). Invisible CO₂ gas killing trees at Mammoth Mountain, California. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 172-96, 2 p.

Priest, S. S., Hass, J. H., Ellsworth, W. L., Farrar, C. D., Sorey, M. L., Hill, D. P., Bailey, R. A., Jacobson, R. D., Finger, J. T., McConnell, V. S. & Zoback, M. (1998). Scientific Drilling in Long Valley, California - What Will We Learn?. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 077-98, 2 p.

Field Trip Guides

Hildreth, W. and Fierstein, J., 2017, Geologic field-trip guide to Long Valley Caldera, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5022–L, 119 p.

Geologic Maps

Hildreth, W. & Fierstein, J. (2016). Eruptive history of Mammoth Mountain and its mafic periphery, California. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1812, 138 p.

Bailey, R. A. (1989). Geologic map of Long Valley caldera, Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, and vicinity, Mono County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map , 1933, 11 p.

Hazards Assessments and Reports

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.

Miller, C. D., Mullineaux, D. R., Crandell, D. R. & Bailey, R. A. (1982). Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada; a preliminary assessment. U.S. Geological Survey Circular , 877, 10 p.

Journal Articles

Hilley, G.E., Lewicki, J.L., Baden, C. (2022). Seasonal and multi-year changes in CO2 degassing at Mammoth Mountain explained by solid-earth-driven fault valving. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(6), 10 p. 

Lewicki, J.L (2021). Long-term year-round observations of magmatic CO2 emissions on Mammoth Mountain, California, USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 418, 13 p.

Lewicki, J.L., Evans, W.C., Montgomery-Brown, E.K., Mangan, M.T., King, J., Hung, A.G. (2019). Rate of magma supply beneath Mammoth Mountain, California based on helium isotopes and CO2 emissions. Geophysical research letters, 46, 4636-4644. 

Hotovec-Ellis, A.J., Shelly, D.R., Hill, D.P., Pitt, A.M., Dawson, P.B., Chouet, B.A. (2018). Deep fluid pathways beneath Mammoth Mountain, California, illuminated by migrating earthquake swarms. Science Advances, 4, 1-7. 

Pfeiffer, L., Wanner, C., Lewicki, J. (2018). Unraveling the dynamics of magmatic CO2 degassing at Mammoth Mountain, California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 318-328. 

Hill, D.P. (2017). Long Valley Caldera-Mammoth Mountain unrest: The knowns and the unknowns. Elements, 13, 8-9. 

Dawson, P.B., Chouet, B.A., Pitt, A.M. (2016). Tomographic image of a seismically active volcano: Mammoth Mountain, California. Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, 121, 114-133.

Lewis, A., Hilley, G., Lewicki, J.L. (2015). Integrated thermal infrared imaging and Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry to map apparent temperature and radiant hydrothermal heat flux at Mammoth Mountain, CA USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 303, 16-24.

Shelly, D.R., Taira, T., Prejean, S., Hill, D.P., Dreger, D.S. (2015). Fluid-faulting interactions: Fracture-mesh and fault-valve behavior in the February 2014 Mammoth Mountain, California, earthquake swarm. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 5803-5812. 

Lewicki, J.L., HIlley, G.E. (2014). Multi-scale observations of the variability of magmatic CO2 emissions, Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 284, 1-15. 

Lewicki, J. L., Hilley, G. E., Shelly, D. R., King, J. C., McGeehin, J. P., Mangan, M. T. & Evans, W. C. (2014). Crustal migration of CO₂-rich magmatic fluids recorded by tree-ring radiocarbon and seismicity at Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 360, p 52-58. 

Hildreth, W., Fierstein, J., Champion, D. E. & Calvert, A. T. (2014). Mammoth Mountain and its mafic periphery—A late Quaternary volcanic field in eastern California. Geosphere , 10, p. 1315-1365. 

Werner, C., Bergfeld, D., Farrar, C. D., Doukas, M. P., Kelly, P. J. & Kern, C. (2014). Decadal-scale variability of diffuse CO₂ emissions and seismicity revealed from long-term monitoring (1995–2013) at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 289, p 51-63. 

Riley, P., Tikoff, B., Hildreth, W. (2012). Transtensional deformation and structural control of contiguous but independent magmatic systems: Mono-Inyo Craters, Mammoth Mountain, and Long Valley Caldera, California. Geosphere, 8, 740-751. 

Shelley, D.R., Hill, D.P. (2011). Migrating swarms of brittle-failure earthquakes in the lower crust beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(20), 6 p. 

Hill, D.P., Prejean, S. (2005). Magmatic unrest beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 146, 257-283. 

Johnston, M.J.S., Prejean, S.G., Hill, D.P. (2004). Triggered deformation and seismic activity under Mammoth Mountain in Long Valley caldera by the 3 November 2002 Mw 7.9 Denali fault earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94, S360-S369. 

Hildreth, W. (2004). Volcanological perspectives on Long Valley, Mammoth Mountain, and Mono Crates: several contiguous but discrete systems. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 136, 169-198. 

Prejean, S.G., Stork, A., Ellsworth, W.L., Hill, D., Julian, B.R. (2003). High precision earthquake locations reveal seismogenic structure beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(24), 4 p. 

Hill, D.P., Dawson, P., Johnston, M.J.S., Pitt, A.M., Biasi, G., Smith, K. (2002). Very-long-period volcanic earthquakes beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(8), 1-4. 

Anderson, D.E., Farrar, C.D. (2001), Eddy covariance measurement of CO2 flux to the atmosphere from an area of high volcanogenic emissions, Mammoth Mountain, California. Chemical Geology, 177, 31-42. 

Gerlach, T.M., Doukas, M.P., McGee, K.A., Kessler, R. (2001). Soil efflux and total emission rates of magmatic CO2 at the Horseshoe Lake tree kill, Mammoth Mountain, California, 1995-1999. Chemical Geology, 177, 101-116. 

Rogie, J.D., Kerrick, D., Sorey, M.L., Chiodini, G., Galloway, D.L. (2001). Dynamics of carbon dioxide emission at Mammoth Mountain, California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 188, 535-541. 

Cook, A.C., Hainsworth, L.J., Sorey, M.L., Evans, W.C., Southon, J.R. (2001). Radiocarbon studies of plant leaves and rings from Mammoth Mountain, CA: A long-term record of magmatic CO2 release. Chemical Geology, 177, 117-131. 

McGee, K.A., Gerlach, T.M., Kessler, R., Doukas, M.P. (2000). Geochemical evidence for a magmatic CO₂ degassing event at Mammoth Mountain, California, September-December 1997. Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, 105, 8447-8456. 

Gerlach, T. M., Doukas, M. P., McGee, K. A. & Kessler, R. (1999). Airborne detection of diffuse carbon dioxide emissions at Mammoth Mountain, California. Geophysical Research Letters , 26, 3661-3664. 

Gerlach, T.M., Doukas, M.P., McGee, K.A., Kessler, R. (1998). Three-year decline of magmatic CO2 emissions from soils of a Mammoth Mountain tree kill: Horseshoe Lake, CA, 1995-1997. Geophysical Research LEtters, 25, 1947-1950. 

McGee, K. A. & Gerlach, T. M. (1998). Annual cycle of magmatic CO₂ in a tree-kill soil at Mammoth Mountain, California; implications for soil acidification. Geology , 26, 463-466. 

Julian, B.R., Pitt, A.M., Foulger, G.R. (1998). Seismic image of a CO2 reservoir beneath a seismically active volcano. Geophysical Journal International, 133, F7-F10.  

Sorey, M. L., Evans, W. C., Kennedy, B. M., Farrar, C. D., Hainsworth, L. J. & Hausback, B. P. (1998). Carbon dioxide and helium emissions from a reservoir of magmatic gas beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 15303-15323.

McGee, K.A., Gerlach, T.M. (1998). Annual cycle of magmatic CO2 in a tree-kill soil at Mammoth Mountain, California: Implications for soil acidification. Geology, 26, 463-466. 

Hill, D.P. (1996). Earthquakes and carbon dioxide beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Seismological Research Letters, 67, 8-15. 

Farrar, C.D., Sorey, M.L., Evans, W.C., Howle, J.F., Kerr, B.D., Kennedy, B.M., King, C.-Y., Southon, J.R. (1995). Forest-killing diffuse CO2 emission at Mammoth Mountain as a sign of magmatic unrest. Nature, 376, 675-678. 

Hill, D.P. (1990). The 1989 earthquake swarm beneath Mammoth Mountain, California: An initial look at the 4 May through 30 September activity. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 80, 325-339. 

Response and Coordination Plans

Mono County Emergency Operations Plan. Department of Emergency Management (2012). Mono County California.

USGS General Publication

Howle, J.F., Evans, W.C., Galloway, D.L., Hsieh, P.A., Hurwitz, S., Smith, G.A., Nawikas, J. (2019). Hydraulic, geochemical, and thermal monitoring of an aquifer system in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California, 2015–17. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2019-1063, 90 p. 

Bergfeld, D. & Evans, W. C. (2011). Monitoring CO₂ emissions in tree-kill areas near the Resurgent Dome at Long Valley Caldera, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2011-5038, 9 p.

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

Farrar, C.D., Neil, J.M., Howle, J.F. (1999). Magmatic carbon dioxide emissions at Mammoth Mountain, California. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 98-4217, 34 p.