Augustine Young Domes

Start: 300 yBP [1]

Stop: 1812 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • Lava dome [1]

Description: From Waitt and Beget (1996): "Two domes of porphyritic gray andesite form conspicuous topographic bumps at altitudes 1025 and 910 m on the upper northwest flank, some 400 to 800 m northwest of the central summit-dome complex. The large West lsland debris avalanche (table 3 [in origincal text]) must have left a large crater including this area so the domes must be younger than about 350 yr B.P. (age of B tephra, table 2 [in original text]), though they precede the historic eruptions."

References Cited

[1] Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1996

Waitt, R. B., and Beget, J. E., 1996, Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0516, 44 p., 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.
full-text PDF 2.6 MB
map sheet 295 MB!

Complete Eruption References

Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, 1996

Waitt, R. B., and Beget, J. E., 1996, Provisional geologic map of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0516, 44 p., 1 plate, scale 1:25,000.
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map in GIF format 21 KB
full-text PDF 2.6 MB
map sheet 295 MB!