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General volcano information

Alaska

  • The Alaska Volcano Observatory&#151Expanded Monitoring of Volcanoes Yields Results FS-2004-3084 pdf html
  • Volcanic Ash&#151Danger to Aircraft in the North Pacific FS-030-97 pdf html
  • Can Another Great Eruption Happen in Alaska? FS-075-98 pdf html
  • Historically Active Volcanoes in Alaska&#151A Quick Reference FS-118-00 pdf html
  • The Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT); (Russian version, pdf only) FS-064-02 pdf html

Arizona

  • Red Mountain Volcano&#151A Spectacular and Unusual Cinder Cone in Northern Arizona FS-024-02 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs024-02/fs024-02.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs024-02/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> The San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona FS-017-01 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/fs017-01/fs017-01.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2001/fs017-01/">html</a><br /> </li> </ul> <a id="california" name="california"><h3>California</h3></a> <ul class="indent inside"> <li> Boiling Water at Hot Creek&#151The Dangerous and Dynamic Thermal Springs in California&#39;s Long Valley Caldera FS 2007-3045 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3045/fs2007-3045.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3045/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Living With a Restless Caldera&#151Long Valley, California FS-108-96 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs108-96/fs108-96.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs108-96/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Invisible CO<sub>2</sub> Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California FS-172-96 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs172-96/fs172-96.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs172-96/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Future Eruptions in California&#39;s Long Valley Area&#151What&#39;s Likely? FS-073-97 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs073-97/fs073-97.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs073-97/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> &quot;Hot Water&quot; in Lassen Volcanic National Park&#151Fumaroles, Steaming Ground, and Boiling Mudpots FS-101-02 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs101-02/fs101-02.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs101-02/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Volcano Hazards of the Lassen Volcanic National Park Area, California FS-022-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs022-00/fs022-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs022-00/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914-1917 FS-173-98 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1998/fs173-98/fs173-98.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1998/fs173-98/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> How Old is &quot;Cinder Cone&quot;?&#151Solving a Mystery in Lassen Volcanic Park, California FS-023-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs023-00/fs023-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs023-00/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Scientific Drilling in Long Valley, California&#151What Will We Learn? FS-077-98 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1998/fs077-98/fs077-98.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1998/fs077-98/">html</a> </li> </ul> <a id="hawaii" name="hawaii"><h3>Hawai`i</h3></a> <ul class="indent inside"> <li><a href="http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/i-map/i2809/">Hawaii's Volcanoes Revealed (poster)</a></li> <li> The Pu`u `O`o - Kupaianaha Eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i, 1983 to 2003 FS-144-02 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs144-02/fs144-02.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs144-02/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Living on Active Volcanoes&#151the Island of Hawai`i FS-074-97 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs074-97/fs074-97.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs074-97/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Volcanic Air Pollution&#151A Hazard in Hawai`i FS-169-97 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs169-97/fs169-97.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs169-97/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Explosive Eruptions at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i? FS-132-98 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs132-98/fs132-98.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs132-98/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Viewing Lava Safely&#151Common Sense is Not Enough FS-152-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs152-00/fs152-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs152-00/">html</a><br /> </li> </ul> <a id="oregon" name="oregon"><h3>Oregon</h3></a> <ul class="indent inside"> <li><a href="http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/i-map/i2790/">Crater Lake Revealed (poster)</a></li> <li> Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano FS-092-02 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs092-02/fs092-02.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs092-02/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Mount Hood&#151;History and Hazards of Oregon's Most Recently Active Volcano FS-060-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs060-00/fs060-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs060-00/">html</a><br /> </li> </ul> <a id="washington" name="washington"><h3>Washington</h3></a> <ul class="indent inside"> <li>30 Cool Facts about Mount St. Helens (<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/">2010 poster</a>)</li> <li>A New Perspective on Mount St. Helens - Dramatic Landform Change and Associated Hazards at the Most Active Volcano in the Cascade Range (<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3008/ ">2008 poster</a>)</li> <li>Rebuilding Mount St. Helens (<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2928/">2006 poster</a>)</li> </li> <li> Mount St. Helens Erupts Again: Activity from September 2004 through March 2005 FS-2005-3036 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3036/fs2005-3036.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3036/fs2005-3036.html">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Pre-1980 Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington Fact Sheet 2005-3045 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3045/fs2005-3045.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3045/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Mount St. Helens&#151From the 1980 Eruption to 2000 FS-036-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/fs036-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Mount Rainier&#151Living Safely With a Volcano in Your Backyard (supersedes Mount Rainier&#151Learning to Live with Volcanic Risk, FS-034-02) FS-2008-3062 &nbsp<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3062/fs2008-3062.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3062/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Mount Baker&#151Living With an Active Volcano FS-059-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs059-00/fs059-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs059-00/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Glacier Peak&#151History and Hazards of a Cascade Volcano FS-058-00 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs058-00/fs058-00.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs058-00/">html</a><br /> </li> </ul> <a id="yellowstone" name="yellowstone"><h3>Wyoming, Yellowstone Volcanic Plateau</h3></a> <ul class="indent inside"> <li> Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions&#151;What's in Yellowstone's Future? FS-2005-3024 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/fs2005-3024.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/">html</a><br /> </li> <li> Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System FS-100-03 <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs100-03/fs100-03.pdf">pdf</a> <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs100-03/">html</a><br /> </li> </ul> </div> </table> </div> <div id="navigation"> <hr /> <ul><li><strong><a href="/publications/index.php">Publications</a></strong><ul><li><strong><a href="/publications/factsheets.php">Volcano Fact Sheets and Posters</a></strong></li><li><a href="/publications/maps.php" class="navitem">Maps</a></li><li><a href="/publications/feeds/index.php" class="navitem">Volcano Update Feeds</a></li><li><a href="/publications/2009/nvews.php" class="navitem">NVEWS</a></li><li><a href="/publications/2010/iceland.php" class="navitem">Iceland Links</a></li><li><a href="/publications/archive.php" class="navitem">Online News Archive</a></li><li><a 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