Wednesday Whatzits
Have fun interpreting some recent geologic events!
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Busy day so I probably won’t get to update much as we’re busy hosting Dr. Charlie Bacon, geologist for the USGS, here at UC Davis today. Dr. Bacon has written some seminal papers in his career and is probably the foremost authority of the evolution of Crater Lake/Mt. Mazama (speaking of which, >a new geologic map for the Park was recently released) and the caldera-forming eruption. He’s also a really nice guy.
If you want to read some of his papers, you might try these:
Anyway, I thought I’d add a couple of teases today, sent in by my friend Dr. Ed Kohut. Feel free to add your interpretation in the comments.
I’ll try to comment on these later when things settle down.
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