USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Mount Shasta, California
Eruptive History
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Mount Shasta Volcano
-- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
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Mount Shasta ...
Black Butte ...
Debris Avalanche ...
Gregory Mountain ...
Hotlum Cone ...
Misery Hill Cone ...
Owls Head ...
Sargents Ridge Cone ...
Shasta Valley ...
Shastina ...
Steamboat Mountain ...
Whitney Glacier ...
- Items of Interest
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Cascades Eruptions During the Past 4000 Years
-- [Graphic,70K,InlineGIF]
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Mount Shasta Debris Avalanche
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Mount Shasta Debris-Avalanche Deposits in Shasta Valley
-- [Map,26K,InlineGIF]
-- Inferred minimum extent of Mount Shasta's
debris-avalanche deposits in Shasta Valley
-- Modified from: Crandell, 1989, USGS Bulletin 1861
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Summary of Holocene eruptive activity and probable greatest hazards
from future eruptions at volcanic centers in California
-- From: Miller, 1989, USGS Bulletin 1847
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Volcanic Hazards with Regard to Siting Nuclear-Power Plants in the PacificNorthwest
-- Section on Mount Shasta's eruptive history
-- From: Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open File Report 87-297
- Other Menus of Interest
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05/11/99, Lyn Topinka