Mammoth Mountain flank (California, USA)
Mammoth Mountain volcano, California
| Volcano: | Mammoth Mountain (see Mammoth Mountain at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Mammoth Mountain, California, is a dacitic volcano that has experienced several periods of unrest since 1989.Fumarolic activity on the north side of Mammoth Mountain and a warm zone on the south suggest the presence of a small isolated hydrothermal system in the shallow subsurface |
Point of contact for this site:
Cynthia Werner, cwerner@usgs.gov (U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory)
Bibliographic references for this site
Rahn, T. A., Fessenden, J. E., Wahlen, M., 1996,Flux chamber measurements of anomalous CO2 emission from the flanks of Mammoth Mountain, California, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.23, pp. 1861-1864
