Long Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters Volcanic Chain, California Products and References

Fact Sheets (written for the public) about Long Valley Caldera

Boiling Water at Hot Creek—The Dangerous and Dynamic Thermal Springs in California's Long Valley Caldera PDF or HTML (abstract and links).
Living With a Restless Caldera PDF or HTML (abstract and links).
Future Eruptions in California's Long Valley Area: What's Likely? HTML (abstract and links).
Invisible CO₂ Gas Killing Trees in the Mammoth Mountain Area PDF or HTML (abstract and links).
Additional Fact Sheets can be found on the Volcano Hazards Program web site.

References about Long Valley Caldera

Ewert, J.W., and Harpel, C.J., 2000, Bibliography of Literature Pertaining to Long Valley Caldera and Associated Volcanic Fields: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-221, 156 p.

Background references for Long Valley Caldera and the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain

Bailey, R.A., 1989, Geologic map of Long Valley caldera, Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, and vicinity, Mono County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1933, scale 1:62,500.

Bailey, R. A. , G. B. Dalrymple, M.A. Lanphere, 1976, Volcanism, structure, and geochronology of Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 81, pp. 725-744. (also see additional papers on Long Valley in this same volume).

Harris, S.L., 1988, Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, Mountain Press Pub., Missoula, MT, 379 p.

Hill, D.P. Monitoring unrest in a large silicic caldera, the Long Valley-Inyo craters volcanic complex in east-central California. Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 47., pp371-395.

Hill, D.P., R.A. Bailey, and A.S. Ryall, 1985, Active tectonic and magmatic processes beneath Long Valley caldera, eastern California: a summary. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 90, pp. 11,111-11,120. (also see additional papers on Long Valley in this same volume).

Hill, D.P., M.J.S. Johnston, J.O. Langbein, S.R. McNutt, C.D. Miller, C.E. Mortensen, A.M. Pitt, and S. Rojstaczer, 1991, Response plans for volcanic hazards in the Long Valley caldera and Mono Craters area, California. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 91-270, 64 p.

Hill, D.P., R.E. Wallace, and R.S. Cockerham, 1985, Review of evidence on the potential for major earthquakes and volcanism in the Long Valley-Mono Craters-White Mountains region of eastern California. Earthquake Prediction Research, v. 3, pp. 571-594.

Miller, C.D., 1985, Holocene eruptions at the Inyo volcanic chain, California--implications for possible eruptions in the Long Valley caldera. Geology, v. 13, pp. 14-17.

Miller, C.D., D.R. Mullineaux, D.R. Crandell, and R.A. Bailey, 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 887, 10 p.

Rundle, J.B., and D.P. Hill, 1988, The geophysics of a restless caldera--Long Valley, California. Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., v. 16, pp. 251-271.

Sieh, K., and M. Bursik, 1986, Most recent eruption of the Mono Craters, eastern central California. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 91, pp. 12,539-12,571.

Selected recent publications on Long Valley Caldera

Cousens, B.L., Magmatic evolution of Quaternary mafic magmas at Long Valley Caldera and the Devis Postpile, California: Effects of crustal contamination on lithospheric mantle-derived magmas. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, pp. 27,673-27-689, 1996.

Dixon, T.H., A. Mao, M. Bursik, M. Heflin, J. Lanbein, R. Stein, and F. Webb, 1997, Continuous monitoring of surface deformation at Long Valley caldera, California with GPS. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, pp. 12,017-12,034.

Farrar, C.D., M.L. Sorey, W.C. Evans, J.F. Howle, B.D. Kerr B.M. Kennedy, C.-Y. King, and J.R. Southon, 1995, Forest-killing diffuse CO₂ emission at Mammoth Mountain as a sign of magmatic unrest. Nature, v. 336, pp. 675-678.

Hill, D.P., 1996, Earthquakes and carbon dioxide beneath Mammoth Mountain, California. Seismology Research Letters, v. 67, pp. 8-15.

Hill, D.P., M.J.S. Johnston, J.O. Langbein, and R. Bilham, 1995, Response of Long Valley caldera to the Mw=7.3 Landers, California, earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, pp. 12,985-13,005.

Langbein, J.O., D. Dzurisin, G. Marshall, R. Stein, and J. Rundle, 1995, Shallow and peripheral volcanic sources of inflation revealed by modeling two-color geodimeter and leveling data from Long Valley caldera, California, 1988-1992. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, pp. 12,487-12,495.

Langbein, J.O., D.P. Hill, T.N. Parker, and S.K. Wilkinson, 1993, An episode of reinflation of the Long Valley caldera, eastern California: 1989-1991. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, pp. 15,851-15870.

Pitt, A.M., and D.P. Hill, 1994, Long-period earthquakes in the Long Valley caldera region, eastern California. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 21, pp. 1679-1682.

Sanders, C.O., and L.D. Nixon, 1995, S-wave attenuation in Long Valley caldera, California, from three-component S-to-P amplitude ratio data. Journal of Geophysical Research, v 100, pp. 12,395-12,405.

Sorey, M.L., C.D. Farrar, G.A. Marshall, and J.F. Howell, 1995, Effects of geothermal development on deformation of Long Valley caldera, eastern California 1984-1994. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, pp. 12,475-12,486.

Sorey, M.L., G.A. Suemnicht, N.C. Strurchio, and G.A. Nordquist, 1991, New evidence on the hydrothermal system in Long Valley caldera, California, from wells, fluid sampling, electrical geophysics and age determinations of hot-spring deposits, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 48, 229-263.