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By Coso Volcanic Field

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.

 

Geologic Maps

Duffield, W. A. & Bacon, C. R. (1981). Geologic map of the Coso volcanic field and adjacent areas, Inyo County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map , 1200, 1 map.

 

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
 

Miller, C. D. (1989). Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1847, 17 p.
 

Miller, C. D., Mullineaux, D. R., Crandell, D. R. & Bailey, R. A. (1982). Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada; a preliminary assessment. U.S. Geological Survey Circular , 877, 10 p.

 

Journal Articles

Simon, J. I., Vazquez, J. A., Renne, P. R., Schmitt, A. K., Bacon, C. R. & Reid, M. R. (2009). Accessory mineral U-Th-Pb ages and 40Ar/39Ar eruption chronology, and their bearing on rhyolitic magma evolution in the Pleistocene Coso volcanic field, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology , 158, 421 - 446 pp. doi:10.1007/s00410-009-0390-9
 

Simakin, A. G. & Ghassemi, A. (2007). The mechanics of a magma chamber-fault system in trans-tension with application to Coso. Journal of Structural Geology , 29, pp. 1971-1983.
 

Bacon, C. R. (1982). Time-predictable bimodal volcanism in the Coso Range, California. Geology , 10, 65-69. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<65:TBVITC>2.0.CO;2
 

Combs, J. (1980). Heat flow in the Coso geothermal area, Inyo County, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 85, pp. 2411-2424.
 

Duffield, W. A., Bacon, C. R. & Dalrymple, G. B. (1980). Late Cenozoic Volcanism, Geochronology, and Structure of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California. Journal of Geophysical Research , 85, 2381-2404 pp. doi:10.1029/JB085iB05p02381

 

USGS General Publication

Duffield, W. A. & Sass, J. H. (2003). Geothermal Energy: Clean Power From the Earth's Heat. U.S. Geological Survey Circular , 1249, 36 p.
 

Novak, S. W. & Bacon, C. R. (1986). Pliocene volcanic rocks of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1383, 44 p.