Shishaldin 1000 yBP

Start: 1000 yBP [1]

Event Type: Effusive

Event Characteristics:
  • Lava flow [1]

Description: From Beget and others (2002): "A representative sequence of tephra deposits on the north side of Shishaldin Volcano, near the lower limit of modern glaciers, occurs above a young lava flow radiocarbon dated to about 1,000 years B.P. (Beget and others, 1998)."

References Cited

[1] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, 2002

Beget, J. E., Nye, C. J., Schaefer, J. R., and Stelling, P. L., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2002-4, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
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Complete Eruption References

Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, 2002

Beget, J. E., Nye, C. J., Schaefer, J. R., and Stelling, P. L., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2002-4, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
full-text PDF 2.25 MB
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