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Mazama Ash
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Mount Mazama

volcano, Oregon, United States

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Crater Lake

  • Oregon: Crater Lake
    In Crater Lake

    …diameter, is the remnant of Mount Mazama, a volcano that rose to probably 12,000 feet (3,700 metres) until an eruption about 7,700 years ago destroyed the upper portion. Subsequent lesser outbursts are indicated by cinder cones on the caldera floor; one of these, Wizard Island, rises 764 feet (233 metres)…

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Holocene Epoch

  • geologic time
    In Holocene Epoch: Chronology and correlation

    When the Mount Mazama volcano in Oregon exploded at about 7,700 bp (radiocarbon-dated by burned wood), 70 cubic kilometres (about 17 cubic miles) of debris were thrown into the air, forming the basin now occupied by Crater Lake. The tephra were distributed over 10 states, thereby providing…

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Mazama Ash

  • Mazama Ash
    In Mazama Ash

    …released by the eruption of Mount Mazama, the event that produced Crater Lake in Oregon, after the caldera beneath the mountain collapsed leaving a volcanic depression some 8 km (5 miles) wide and 1.6 km (1 mile) deep.

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