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Publications

Below are select publications that include USGS authors. For a more complete list the Mount Baker Volcano Research Center has an annotated reference list for Mount Baker volcano and a list of recent abstracts.

Books

Tucker, D., Scott, K. & Lewis, D. R. (2007). Field guide to Mount Baker volcanic deposits in the Baker River valley: Nineteenth century lahars, tephras, debris avalanches, and early Holocene subaqueous lava. Geological Society of America Field Guide , 9, 83-98. doi:10.1130/2007.fld009(04)

Fact Sheets

Scott, K., Hildreth, W. & Gardner, C. (2000). Mount Baker - living with an active volcano. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 059-00, 4 p.

Geologic Maps

Barron, A. D., Ramsey, D. W. & Smith, J. G. (2014). Database for the Geologic Map of Upper Eocene to Holocene Volcanic and Related Rocks in the Cascade Range, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 842

Tabor, R., Haugerud, R., Hildreth, W. & Brown, E. (2006). Database for the geologic map of the Mount Baker 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, Washington (I-2660). U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 205, 74.

Tabor, R., Haugerud, R., Hildreth, W. & Brown, E. (2003). Geologic map of the Mount Baker 30- by 60 minute quadrangle, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 2660, 70 p.

Smith, J. G. (1993). Geologic map of Upper Eocene to Holocene volcanic and related rocks in the Cascade Range, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map , 2005, 19p., 2 sheets.

Hazards Assessments and Reports

Schilling, S. P. (1996). Digital data set of volcano hazards for active Cascade Volcanos, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 96-178

Gardner, C., Scott, K., Miller, C. D., Myers, B., Hildreth, W. & Pringle, P. T. (1995). Potential volcanic hazards from future activity of Mount Baker, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 95-498, 16 p.

Hoblitt, R. P., Miller, C. D. & Scott, W. E. (1987). Volcanic Hazards with Regard to Siting Nuclear-Power Plants in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 87-297, 196 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr87297

Hyde, J. & Crandell, D. R. (1978). Postglacial volcanic deposits at Mount Baker, Washington, and potential hazards from future eruptions. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1022-C, C1-C17.

Journal Articles

Crider, J., Frank, D., Malone, S. D., Werner, C. & Caplan-Auerbach, J. (2011). Magma at depth: a retrospective analysis of the 1975 unrest at Mount Baker, Washington, USA. Bulletin of Volcanology , 73, pp 175-189. doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0441-0

Nichols, M. L., Malone, S. D., Moran, S. C., Thelen, W. A. & Vidale, J. E. (2011). Deep long-period earthquakes beneath Washington and Oregon volcanoes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 200, 116–128. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.005

Werner, C., Evans, W. C., Poland, M. P., Tucker, D. & Doukas, M. P. (2009). Long-term changes in quiescent degassing at Mount Baker Volcano, Washington, USA; Evidence for a stalled intrusion in 1975 and connection to a deep magma source. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 186, p. 379-386.

Hildreth, W., Lanphere, M. A., Champion, D. E. & Fierstein, J. (2004). Rhyodacites of Kulshan caldera, North Cascades of Washington: Postcaldera lavas that span the Jaramillo. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 130, 227–264. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00290-7

Hildreth, W., Fierstein, J. & Lanphere, M. A. (2002). Eruptive history and geochronology of the Mount Baker volcanic field, Washington. Geological Society of America Bulletin , 115, 729-764. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(2003)â€'115<0729:EHAGOT>â€'2.0.CO;2

Hildreth, W. (1996). Kulshan caldera: A Quaternary subglacial caldera in the North Cascades, Washington.Geological Society of America Bulletin , 108, 786-793. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1996)â€'108<0786:KCAQSC>â€'2.3.CO;2

Malone, S. D. (1979). Gravity changes accompanying increased heat emission at Mount Baker, Washington.Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 6, p. 241-256. doi:10.1016/0377-0273(79)90004-0

Response and Coordination Plans

Mount Baker and Glacier Peak Coordination Plan. Washington Military Department (2012). Washington Emergency Management Division. http://mil.wa.gov/emergency-management-division

USGS General Publication

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.

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

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.

Frank, D. (1983). Origin, distribution, and rapid removal of hydrothermally formed clay at Mount Baker, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1022-E, 16 p.

Friedman, J. & Frank, D. (1980). Infrared surveys, radiant flux, and total heat discharge at Mount Baker Volcano, Washington, between 1970 and 1975. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1022-D, 33 p.

Frank, D., Meier, M. & Swanson, D. A. (1977). Assessment of increased thermal activity at Mount Baker, Washington, March 1975-March 1976. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1022-A, 49 p.

Hyde, J. & Crandell, D. R. (1975). Origin and age of postglacial deposits and assessment of potential hazards from future eruptions of Mount Baker, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 75-286, 22 p.

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