Akutan Long Valley Series

Start: 580000 yBP [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:

Description: From Richter and others (1998): "The oldest of the satellite centers is the Long Valley series of linear and monolithologic domes or very shallow intrusions and carapace(?) breccias dated at 0.58 Ma."

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.
full-text PDF 1.68 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.
full-text PDF, incl. map sheet 1.2 MB

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
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