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Official Name: Redoubt Volcano
Type:Stratovolcano
Most Recent Activity:March 15, 2009
Seismically Monitored: Yes
Color Code:GREEN
Alert Level:NORMAL
Elevation: 10197 ft (3108 m)
Latitude: 60.4852° N
Longitude:152.7438° W
Quadrangle:Kenai
CAVW Number:313030
Pronunciation: Sound file
Nearby towns:Ninilchik 47 mi (76 km) SE
Salamatof 48 mi (78 km) NE
Clam Gulch 49 mi (79 km) SE
Nikiski 50 mi (81 km) NE
Anchorage 108 mi (174 km) NE
DESCRIPTION
From Miller and others (1998) [1]: "Redoubt Volcano is a steep-sided cone about 10 km in diameter at its base and with a volume of 30-35 cubic kilometers. The volcano is composed of intercalated pyroclastic deposits and lava flows and rests on Mesozoic granitic rocks of the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith [2] [3]. It has been moderately dissected by the action of numerous alpine glaciers. A 1.8-km-wide, ice-filled summit crater is breached on the north side by a northward-flowing glacier, informally known as the Drift Glacier, which spreads into a piedmont lobe in the upper Drift River Valley. The most recently active vent is located on the north side of the crater at the head of the Drift glacier. Holocene lahar deposits in the Crescent River and Drift River valleys extend downstream as far as Cook Inlet."
REFERENCES CITED
[1]
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
citation imageMiller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
Download PDF title page PDF : 52
Download PDF intro and TOC PDF : 268 KB
Download PDF eastern part - Wrangell to Ukinrek Maars PDF : 972 KB
Download PDF central part - Chiginagak to Cleveland PDF : 2,463 KB
Download PDF western part - Carlisle to Kiska PDF : 956 KB
Download PDF references PDF : 43 KB

[2]
Redoubt volcano, southern Alaska: a hazard assessment based on eruptive activity through 1968, 1993
citation imageTill, A. B., Yount, M. E., and Riehle, J. R., 1993, Redoubt volcano, southern Alaska: a hazard assessment based on eruptive activity through 1968: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1996, 19 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Download PDF full-text PDF : 1.4 MB
Download PDF plate 1 PDF : 27 MB

[3]
The geologic history of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, 1994
citation imageTill, A. B., Yount, M. E., and Bevier, M. L., 1994, The geologic history of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska: in Miller, T. P. and Chouet, B. A., (eds.), The 1989-1990 eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 62, n. 1, p. 11-30.

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