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Invisible CO2 Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California


-- Sorey, M.L., Farrar, C.D., Evans, W.C., Hill, D.P., Bailey, R.A., Hendley II, J.W., and Stauffer, P.H., 1996,
Invisible CO2 Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 172-96
Since 1980, scientists have monitored geologic unrest in Long Valley Caldera and at adjacent Mammoth Mountain, California. After a persistent swarm of earthquakes beneath Mammoth Mountain in 1989, earth scientists discovered that large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas were seeping from beneath this volcano. This gas is killing trees on the mountain and also can be a danger to people. The USGS continues to study the CO2 emissions to help protect the public from this invisible potential hazard. -- Sorey, et.al., 1996

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03/23/07, Lyn Topinka