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Hazards Summary for Mammoth Mountain

Pyroclastic flow and carbon dioxide hazards at Mammoth Mountain.
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California Water Science Center, Mammoth Mountain
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Hazards Summary for Mammoth Mountain

Pyroclastic flow and carbon dioxide hazards at Mammoth Mountain.
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Map shows hazard zone for pyroclastic flows and surges around poten...

Pyroclastic Flow and Surge Hazard Zones from Potential Vents in the Mammoth Mountain Area, Long Valley Caldera, California

This hazard zone is based on explosive eruptions from vents located along the chain in the past 10,000 years that are known to have ejected <1 square kilometers (0.25 square miles) of magma and generated pyroclastic flows or surges.
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California Volcano Observatory, Mammoth Mountain
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Pyroclastic Flow and Surge Hazard Zones from Potential Vents in the Mammoth Mountain Area, Long Valley Caldera, California

This hazard zone is based on explosive eruptions from vents located along the chain in the past 10,000 years that are known to have ejected <1 square kilometers (0.25 square miles) of magma and generated pyroclastic flows or surges.
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