USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
REPORT:
Provisional Geologic Map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska
-- Richard B. Waitt and James E. Begét, with contributions from
Juergen Kienle, 1996,
Provisional Geologic Map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-516, 42p.
Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Landslide paradigm
- Acknowledgements
- Processes and deposits
- Rock types
- Grain size and shape
- Chronology
- Radiocarbon ages
- Tephrochronology
- Geomorphology
- Synopsis of geologic history
- Pre-Augustine Mesozoic rocks
- Pleistocene deposits
- Volcanic rocks
- Landslide block
- Glacial deposits
- Deposits of late Pleistocene to early Holocene age
- Fall and pyroclastic-flow deposits
- Lava domes of uncertain Late Holocene(?) age
- Kamishak dome
- Domes "I" and "H"
- Prehistoric summit domes(s)
- Lava flows
- Deposits of late Holocene age (prehistoric)
- Deposits older than G tephra
- East Point debris-avalanche deposit
- Deposits between G and I tephras
- Yellow Cliffs debris-avalanche deposit
- Southeast Point debris-avalanche deposit
- Deposits between I and H tephras
- Northeast Point debris-avalanche deposit
- Northeast Bench debris-avalanche or lahar deposit
- Deposits between H and C tephras
- South Point debris-avalanche deposit
- Long Beach debris-avalanche deposit
- Southwest pyroclastic-fan deposit
- Southeast pyroclastic-fan deposit
- North Bench diamict
- Deposits between C and M tephras
- Pyroclastic-flow deposit
- Lahar deposit
- Deposits between M and B tephras
- Lagoon debris-avalanche deposit
- Pyroclastic-flow and lahar deposits
- Southeast Beach debris-avalanche and lahar(?) deposit
- Deposits yunger than B tephra
- Grouse Point debris-avalanche deposit
- West Island debris-avalanche deposit
- Rocky Point debris-avalanche deposit
- North Slope lava flow
- Beach and eolian deposits
- Historic deposits
- 1883 eruption
- Burr Point debris-avalanche deposit
- Pyroclastic-flow and surge deposits
- Discussion
- 1935 eruption
- 1963-64 eruption
- Lava dome
- Pyroclastic-flow and lahar deposits
- Ballistics
- 1976 eruption
- Lava dome
- Pyroclastic-flow, surge, and lahar deposits
- 1986 eruption
- Lava dome
- Pyroclastic-flow and lahar deposits
- Pumiceous flows
- Lithic pyroclastic flows
- Hybrid flows and lahars
- Eolian deposits
- Beach deposits
- Comparison to previous geologic map
- Synopsis of implications to volcanic hazards
- References cited
- Description of Map Units
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