Akutan Flat Top Center
Start: 250000 yBP [1]
Event Type: Effusive
Description: From Richter and others (1998): "The largest of the satellite centers is the Flat Top center located southwest of the Akutan caldera and dated at 0.25 Ma. It consists of relatively extensive lava flows, a vent breccia complex, and a radial dike swarm."
References Cited
[1] Geology of Akutan Island, Alaska, 1998
Richter, D. H., Waythomas, C. F., McGimsey, R. G., and Stelling, P. L., 1998, Geology of Akutan Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0135, 22 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.[2] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Akutan Volcano east-central Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1998
Waythomas, C. F., Power, J. A., Richter, D. H., and McGimsey, R. G., 1998, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Akutan Volcano east-central Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0360, 36 p., 1 plate, scale unknown.
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map sheet plate (PDF) 2.62 MB Complete Eruption References
Geology of Akutan Island, Alaska, 1998
Richter, D. H., Waythomas, C. F., McGimsey, R. G., and Stelling, P. L., 1998, Geology of Akutan Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0135, 22 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Akutan Volcano east-central Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1998
Waythomas, C. F., Power, J. A., Richter, D. H., and McGimsey, R. G., 1998, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Akutan Volcano east-central Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0360, 36 p., 1 plate, scale unknown.
full-text PDF 1.68 MB
map sheet plate (PDF) 2.62 MB 