Makushin 3030 yBP

Start: 3030 yBP ± 70 Years [1]

Event Type: Not an eruption

Event Characteristics:
  • Lahar, debris-flow, or mudflow [2] [1]

Description: From Bean (1999): "One date under a lahar at site 96MAK11 suggests that it may have been deposited shortly after 3030 14C yr B.P."

References Cited

[1] Geologic map of the Makushin volcanic field, Unalaska Island, Alaska, 1998

McConnell, V. S., Beget, J. E., Roach, A. L., Bean, K. W., and Nye, C. J., 1998, Geologic map of the Makushin volcanic field, Unalaska Island, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 97-20, unpaged, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

[2] The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska, 1999

Bean, K. W., 1999, The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 130 p.
full-text PDF 6.1 MB

Complete Eruption References

The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska, 1999

Bean, K. W., 1999, The Holocene eruptive history of Makushin Volcano, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, Fairbanks, AK, 130 p.
full-text PDF 6.1 MB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Geologic map of the Makushin volcanic field, Unalaska Island, Alaska, 1998

McConnell, V. S., Beget, J. E., Roach, A. L., Bean, K. W., and Nye, C. J., 1998, Geologic map of the Makushin volcanic field, Unalaska Island, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 97-20, unpaged, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
website with links to map sheets and report in PDF format