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Where is it located?
Mount Mazama is located in the Cascade Range in the United States The coordinates are 42 N 122 W It is located in the state of Oregon
Plate Tectonics
Mount Mazama occurs along a convergent boundary, where the North American and Juan de Fuca plates meet This boundary has created the entire Cascade Range, because the two plates are pushing against each other
Plate Tectonics
The oceanic crust (the Juan de Fuca plate) is being subducted beneath the continental crust (the North American plate) The North American plate is moving towards the west and the Juan de Fuca plate is moving eastward
Seismic Activity
In the area there is a multitude of earthquakes, some are shallow and others are very strong The current state of the plates is like the plate boundaries where some of the most devastating earthquakes occur There hasnt been any recorded much recorded activity in the recent past
Seismic Activity
Pictures from:http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/CRATER/
Island arcs are common along convergent boundaries and are volcano chains that occur under the water and then reach the surface (i.e. the Aleutian islands off the coast of Alaska)
picture shows some of the pumice and ash accumulation from the eruption of Mount Mazama 7700 years ago.
From: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs092-02/
From: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs092-02/
Crater Lake
Crater Lake is a National Park The lake is at its maximum depth because of a natural drainage process 30 meters of sediment lie at the bottom of the lake
Sequence of Events
This sequence starts with the top-blowing eruption, to the lake today In summary, the eruption occurred, led to the creation of a new caldera that filled with water to form a lake
Defining terms
A caldera is a volcanic depression in Earths crust. A pyroclastic surge is a quickly moving cloud of gas and ash that is at very high temperatures.
Works Cited
Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano. U.S. Geological Survey, 17 May 2005. Web. 6 Feb.