Geology and History
Geology and History
Geology and history of Mount Hood.
Geology and History Summary
Geology and History Summary
Mount Hood is Oregon's highest peak and an active volcano of the Cascade Range.
Lahars and Debris Avalanches
Lahars and Debris Avalanches
Both eruptive and noneruptive processes at Mount Hood generate several types of landslides and water-mobilized flows that sweep the volcano’s flanks and surge down river valleys.
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Geology and History Summary for Mount Hood
Mount Hood is Oregon's highest peak and an active volcano of the Cascade Range.
Eruption History of Mount Hood, Oregon
Mount Hood, which has been active for at least 500,000 years, occupies a long-lived focus of volcanic activity that has produced ancestral Hood-like volcanoes for the past 1.5 million years.
Future Eruptions at Mount Hood, Oregon
When Mount Hood erupts again, it will severely affect areas on its flanks as well as locations far downstream in the major river valleys that head on the volcano.
Lahars and Debris Avalanches at Mount Hood, Oregon
Both eruptive and noneruptive processes at Mount Hood generate several types of landslides and water-mobilized flows that sweep the volcano’s flanks and surge down river valleys.
Glaciers at Mount Hood, Oregon
Glaciers and perennial snowfields on Mount Hood cover about 13.5 square kilometers and contain more than 300 million cubic meters of ice and snow.