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Rhyolitic calderas of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, east central Alaska: volcanic remnants of a mid-Cretaceous magmatic arc

Four large but poorly exposed rhyolitic calderas are present in the Yukon-Tanana terrane (YTT) in east central Alaska. At least two are mid-Cretaceous in age (~93 Ma). Similar volcanic rocks, the South Fork Volcanics, occur northeast of the Tintina fault in Yukon Territory. Evidence for the calderas consists of thick deposits of devitrified crystal- and lithic-rich densely welded tuff, interpreted
Authors
C. R. Bacon, H.L. Foster, James G. Smith

The eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, December 14, 1989-August 31, 1990

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Authors
Thomas J. Casadevall, Bernard A. Chouet, John N. Davies, Steven A. Estes, Cynthia A. Gardner, Richard P. Hoblitt, John C. Lahr, Richard G. Lahusen, Jon J. Major, Robert G. McGimsey, Thomas P. Miller, Thomas L. Murray, Christina A. Neal, Christopher J. Nye, Robert A. Page, Thomas C. Pierson, John Power, Christopher D. Stephens, Richard B. Waitt

Mount Mazama and Crater Lake caldera, Oregon

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Authors
Charles R. Bacon

IGC field trip T312: South cascades arc volcanism, California and southern Oregon

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Authors
L. J. Patrick Muffler, Charles R. Bacon, Robert L. Christiansen, Michael A. Clynne, Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan, Cheryl Miller, David R. Sherrod, J.C. Smith

Measures of little gravity

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Authors
Robert I. Tilling

Chemical analyses of volcanic rocks from monogenetic and shield volcanoes near Crater Lake, Oregon

No abstract available.
Authors
P. E. Bruggman, C. R. Bacon, J. S. Mee, S. T. Pribble, D. F. Siems

Preliminary map of upper Eocene to Holocene volcanic and related rocks of the Cascade Range, Oregon

Since 1979 the Geothermal Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey has carried out multidisciplinary research in the Cascade Range. The goal of this research is to understand the geology, tectonics, and hydrology of the Cascades in order to characterize and quantify geothermal resource potential. A major goal of the program is compilation of a comprehensive geologic map of the entire Cascade
Authors
David R. Sherrod, James G. Smith

Guidebook for field trip to the Mount Bachelor-South Sister-Bend area, central Oregon High Cascades

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Authors
William E. Scott, Cynthia A. Gardner, Scott A. Lundstrom, Brittain E. Hill, Edward M. Taylor, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, Charles E. Meyer, John K. Nakata, J.L. Slate, P.C. Russell

Direct evidence for the origin of low-18O silicic magmas: quenched samples of a magma chamber's partially-fused granitoid walls, Crater Lake, Oregon

Partially fused granitoid blocks were ejected in the climactic eruption of Mount Mazama, which was accompanied by collapse of Crater Lake caldera. Quartz, plagioclase, and glass in the granitoids have much lower δ18O values (−3.4 to +4.9‰) than any fresh lavas of Mount Mazama and the surrounding region (+5.8 to +7.0‰). Oxygen isotope fractionation between phases in granitoids is consistent with eq
Authors
Charles R. Bacon, Lanford H. Adami, Marvin A. Lanphere

Flow modeling in the Toutle River, Washington

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Authors
Yasuyuki Shimizu, Randy L. Dinehart, J. Dungan Smith

South Arch volcanic field—Newly identified young lava flows on the sea floor south of the Hawaiian Ridge

Several young lava fields were imaged by GLORIA sidescan sonar along the Hawaiian Arch south of Hawaii. The largest, 35 by 50 km across, includes a central area characterized by high sonar backscatter and composed of several flow lobes radiating from a vent area. Reflection profiling and sea-floor photography indicate that the central lobes are flat sheet flows bounded by pillowed margins; thin su
Authors
Peter W. Lipman, David A. Clague, James G. Moore, Robin T. Holcomb