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Publications

By Mount Hood

Fact Sheets

Gardner, C., Scott, W. E., Major, J. & Pierson, T. (2000). Mount Hood - history and hazards of Oregon's most recently active volcano. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet , 060-00, 3 p.

Field Guides

Scott, W. E. & Gardner, C. (2017). Field-trip guide to Mount Hood, Oregon, highlighting eruptive history and hazards. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2017-5022-G, 115 p. doi:https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175022g

Pierson, T., Scott, W. E., Vallance, J. W. & Pringle, P. T. (2009). Eruption-related lahars and sedimentation response downstream of Mount Hood: Field guide to volcaniclastic deposits along the Sandy River, Oregon.O'Connor, J. E., Dorsey, R. J. & Madin, I. P. (Eds.) , Geological Society of America Field Guide , 15, 221-236. doi:10.1130/2009.fl d015(11) http://fieldguides.gsapubs.org/content/15/221.abstract

Scott, W. E., Gardner, C., Sherrod, D. R., Tilling, R. I., Lanphere, M. A. & Conrey, R. M. (1997). Geologic history of Mount Hood Volcano, Oregon; a field-trip guidebook. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 97-263, 38 p.

Swanson, D. A., Cameron, K. A., Evarts, R., Pringle, P. T. & Vance, J. (1989). Cenozoic Volcanism in the Cascade Range and Columbia Plateau, Southern Washington and Northernmost Oregon. AGU Field Trip Guidebook, T106, 60 p. doi:ISBN: 0-87590-604-4

Geologic Maps

Nimz, K., Ramsey, D. W., Sherrod, D. R. & Smith, J. G. (2008). Database for the Geologic Map of Upper Eocene to Holocene Volcanic and Related Rocks of the Cascade Range, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series , 213

Sherrod, D. R. & Smith, J. G. (2000). Geologic Map of Upper Eocene to Holocene Volcanic and Related Rocks of the Cascade Range, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map , 2569, 17 p., 2 sheets.

Sherrod, D. R. & Scott, W. E. (1995). Preliminary Geologic Map of the Mount Hood 30- by 60-minute Quadrangle, Northern Cascade Range, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 95-219, 35 p.

Hazards Assessments and Reports

Schilling, S. P., Doelger, S., Scott, W. E., Pierson, T., Costa, J., Gardner, C., Vallance, J. W. & Major, J. (2008). Digital Data for Volcano Hazards of the Mount Hood Region, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2007-1222

Scott, W. E., Pierson, T., Schilling, S. P., Costa, J., Gardner, C., Vallance, J. W. & Major, J. (1997). Volcano hazards in the Mount Hood region, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 97-89, 14 p.

Hoblitt, R. P., Miller, C. D. & Scott, W. E. (1987). Volcanic Hazards with Regard to Siting Nuclear-Power Plants in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 87-297, 196 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr87297

Crandell, D. R. (1980). Recent eruptive history of Mount Hood, Oregon, and potential hazards from future eruptions. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1492, 81 p.

Journal Articles

Pierson, T., Pringle, P. T. & Cameron, K. A. (2011). Magnitude and timing of downstream channel aggradation and degradation in response to a dome-building eruption at Mount Hood, Oregon. Geological Society of America Bulletin , 123, 3-20. doi:10.1130/B30127.1 http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/123/1-2/3.abstract

Response and Coordination Plans

Mount Hood Coordination Plan. The Mount Hood Facilitating Committee (2005). Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. http://www.oregongeology.org/sub/default.htm

USGS General Publication

Hildreth, W. (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades - Geologic Perspectives. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1744, 125 p.

Moran, S. (Ed.) (2004). Seismic monitoring at Cascade Volcanic Centers, 2004 -- status and recommendations.U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , 2004-5211, 28 p.

Nathenson, M. (2004). Springs on and in the vicinity of Mount Hood volcano, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 2004-1298, 43 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1298/

Bargar, K., Keith, T. E. & Beeson, M. (1993). Hydrothermal alteration in the Mount Hood area, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 2054, 70 p.

Brantley, S. R. & Scott, W. E. (1993). The Danger of Collapsing Lava Domes: Lessons for Mount Hood, Oregon.Earthquakes & Volcanoes , 24, 244-269.

Ewert, J. W. & Swanson, D. A. (Eds.) (1992). Monitoring Volcanoes: Techniques and Strategies Used by the Staff of the Cascades Volcano Observatory, 1980-90. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin , 1966, 223 p. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1966_1992

Driedger, C. & Kennard, P. (1986). Ice Volumes on Cascade Volcanoes: Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Three Sisters, and Mount Shasta. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper , 1365, 28 p.

Chadwick, W., Iwatsubo, E., Swanson, D. A. & Ewert, J. W. (1985). Measurements of slope distances and vertical angles at Mount Baker and Mount Rainier, Washington, Mount Hood and Crater Lake, Oregon, and Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak, California, 1980-1984. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report , 85-205, 98 p.

Gallino, G. & Pierson, T. (1985). Polallie Creek debris flow and subsequent dam-break flood of 1980, East Fork Hood River basin, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper , 2273, 22 p.