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

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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

Crystallization of accessory phases in magmas by local saturation adjacent to phenocrysts

Accessory minerals commonly occur attached to or included in the major crystalline phases of felsic and some intermediate igneous rocks. Apatite is particularly common as inclusions, but Fe-Ti oxides, pyrrhotite, zircon, monazite, chevkinite and xenotime are also known from silicic rocks. Accessories may nucleate near the host crystal/ liquid interface as a result of local saturation owing to form
Authors
C. R. Bacon

Petrology of the zoned calcalkaline magma chamber of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake, Oregon

Evolution of the magma chamber at Mount Mazama involved repeated recharge by two types of andesite (high-Sr and low-Sr), crystal fractionation, crystal accumulation, assimilation, and magma mixing (Bacon and Druitt 1988). This paper addresses the modal compositions, textures, mineral chemistry and magmatic temperatures of (i) products of the 6845±50 BP climactic eruption, (ii) blocks of partially
Authors
T. H. Druitt, C. R. Bacon

Dynamic pore-pressure fluctuations in rapidly shearing granular materials

Results from two types of experiments show that intergranular pore pressures fluctuated dynamically during rapid, steady shear deformation of water-saturated granular materials. During some fluctuations, the pore water locally supported all normal and shear stresses, while grain-contact stresses transiently fell to zero. Fluctuations also propagated outward from the shear zone; this process modifi
Authors
Richard M. Iverson, Richard G. Lahusen

Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Volume 21, Number 1, 1989: Featuring the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, USA

Earthquakes and Volcanoes is published bimonthly by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide current information on earthquakes and seismology, volcanoes, and related natural hazards of interest to both generalized and specialized readers. The Secretary of the Interior has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business required by law of this
Authors
Henry Spall, Diane C. Schnabel