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Publications

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.

 

Field Guides

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

 

Geologic Maps

Geologic map of Medicine Lake Volcano, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map(2010). U.S. Geological Survey. , 2927, 48 p.

 

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Champion, D. E. (1987). Geologic map of Lava Beds National Monument, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map , 1804

 

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

 

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., Nathenson, M., Champion, D. E., Ramsey, D. W., Lowenstern, J. B. & Ewert, J. W. (2007). Volcano hazards assessment for Medicine Lake Volcano, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2007-5174-A, 26 p.

 

Nathenson, M., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., Champion, D. E. & Lowenstern, J. B. (2007). Chronology of postglacial eruptive activity and calculation of eruption probabilities for Medicine Lake Volcano, Northern California.U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2007-5174-B, 10 p.

 

Journal Articles

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., Grove, T. L., Lanphere, M. A., Champion, D. E. & Ramsey, D. W. (2008). Eruptive history and tectonic setting of Medicine Lake Volcano, a large rear-arc volcano in the southern Cascades. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 177, 313-328. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.04.023

 

Dzurisin, D., Poland, M. P. & Burgmann, R. (2002). Steady subsidence of Medicine Lake volcano, northern California, revealed by repeated leveling surveys. Journal of Geophysical Research , 107, 16 pp. doi:10.1029/2001JB000893 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2002/2001JB000893.shtml

 

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.

 

Evans, J. R. & Zucca, J. J. (1988). Active high-resolution seismic tomography of compressional wave velocity and attenuation structure at Medicine Lake volcano, Northern California Cascade Range. Journal of Geophysical Research , 93, pp. 15,016-15,036. doi:10.1029/JB093iB12p15016 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1988/JB093iB12p15016.shtml

 

USGS General Publication

Donnelly-Nolan, J.M., Champion, D.E., and Grove, T.L. (2016). Late Holocene volcanism at Medicine Lake volcano, northern California Cascades. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 2016-1822, 59 p.

 

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. (2008). Chemical analyses of pre-Holocene rocks from Medicine Lake Volcano and vicinity, Northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2008-1094, 9 p.

 

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. (2006). Chemical analyses and K-Ar ages of samples from 13 drill holes, Medicine Lake volcano, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2006-1041, 20 p.

 

Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Lanphere, M. A. (2005). Argon dating at and near Medicine Lake volcano, California: results and data. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2005-1416, 37 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.

 

Childs, J. R., Lowenstern, J. B., Phillips, R. L., Hart, P., Rytuba, J. J., Barrow, J. A., Starratt, S. W. & Spaulding, S. (2000). Bathymetric, geophysical and geologic sample data from Medicine Lake, Siskiyou County, northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 00-043 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-043/

 

Mariner, R. H., Evans, W. C. & Huebner, M. A. (1998). Preliminary chemical and isotopic data for waters from springs and wells on and near Medicine Lake Volcano, Cascade Range, northern California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 98-2, 27 p.

 

Ewert, J. W. & Swanson, D. A. (Eds.) (1992). Monitoring Volcanoes: Techniques and Strategies Used by the Staff of the Cascades Volcano Observatory, 1980-90. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1966, 223 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1966_1992

 

Waters, A. C., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M. & Rogers, B. W. (1990). Selected caves and lava-tube systems in and near Lava Beds National Monument, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1673, 102 p.