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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Mono-Inyo Craters in California, U.S.A., are a nearly straight line of small volcanoes that stretch from Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera in the south to Mono Lake in the north.
		Mono Craters to the north sit along the eastern edge of Pumice Valley, a large caldera volcano.
		Panum Crater is the northernmost volcano in the sequence and is a good example of both a tuff ring (a type of volcano created in a phreatic eruption) and a rhyolite dome.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Mono_and_Inyo_Craters (523 words)

	Mono-Inyo Craters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These craters were formed when heat from the raising magma superheated groundwater until the overlying dirt and rock could no longer contain the pressure, resulting in a massive steam explosion.
		Mono Craters to the north sit along the eastern edge of Pumice Valley, a large caldera volcano.
		Panum Crater is the northernmost volcano in the sequence and is a good example of both a tuff ring (a type of volcano created in a phreatic eruption) and a rhyolite dome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mono-Inyo_Craters (517 words)

	Mono-Inyo Craters -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		The Inyo Craters form the southern part of that line and are either (Click link for more info and facts about phreatic) phreatic (steam explosion) volcanoes or rhyolite domes.
		The two southernmost Inyo Craters are in a forested area and are open pits about 600 feet across, each with small ponds covering their floors.
		Mono Craters to the north sit along the eastern edge of Pumice Valley, a large (A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression) caldera volcano.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mono-inyo_craters1.htm (565 words)

	Long Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters Volcanic Field, California
		Mono Craters consists of a chain of at least 30 coalesced domes, flows, and craters.
		This view of the Mono Craters is from the west.
		The Inyo Craters chain is located on the northwest rim of the caldera and the west side of the caldera floor.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/california/long_valley.html (1314 words)

	Molossian Institute of Volcanology - Mono Craters
		The history and deposits of the Mono Craters volcanic field overlaps with that of the Long Valley caldera and the Inyo Craters volcanic field.
		The smooth grey slopes of the Mono Craters are from a thick mantling of this ash also called tephra.
		Panum Crater is a classic example of an explosion pit in which the subsequent lava plug was not large enough to completely fill the initial tephra ring.
	www.molossia.org /volcanology/mono.html (817 words)

	The Sierra Web \| Environment: Inyo-Mono Craters
		The craters serve as an example of, what was possibly, the last volcanic activity in the area.
		The Mono Craters are an unusual chain of obsidian domes, approximately 2400 feet above the valley floor.
		The pumice on the east side of the craters measures 20 feet thick and stretches east as far as the Nevada border.
	thesierraweb.com /generalinfo/inyomonocraters.cfm (273 words)

	Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada
		Spanning from the ancient Mono Lake which still remains today, to a rather new chain of craters referred to as the Mono-Inyo Craters, the Mono Basin portrays the evolution of this area in a physical sense during very active and thus exciting times, including present day.
		Because of the Mono Basin's lower elevation compared to the mountain borders, it might be hard to believe that this lake at one time was large enough to overflow its rim.
		Tierney, Timothy, 1997, Geology of the Mono Basin.
	www.indiana.edu /~sierra/papers/2006/estes.html (2394 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: U.S._Highway_395 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		U.S. 395 as it squeezes between Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada.
		The Mono and Inyo Craters, a chain of geologically recent volcanic craters.
		Mono Lake, one of the oldest lakes in North America, home to many migratory birds.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=U.S._Highway_395 (337 words)

	Long Valley Caldera
		Mono lake has no outlet and supports no fish life, and is the remnant of a
		Activity at the Mono-Inyo craters is increasing and geologists fear there may be an eruption in the next 50 years (Norris and Webb, 1990).
		The magmatic systems of Long Valley, Mono Lake and the Mono-Inyo craters are all connected to each other by the Hartly Springs and Mono Lake faults and exhibit some influence on each other.
	www.dur.ac.uk /michelle.webb/longvalley.htm (736 words)

	ISS EarthKAM: Athenaeum
		This system of craters was created by a fissure system that extends from south of Mammoth Mountain through the western portion of the caldera to the north shore of Mono Lake.
		The Mono Craters were formed by multiple eruptions of high-silica rhyolite as recently as 600 years ago.
		The Inyo Craters were formed by eruptions of low-silica rhyolite as recently as 500 years ago.
	www.earthkam.ucsd.edu /public/images/investigations/monolake/lvc.shtml (539 words)

	ipedia.com: Mono Lake Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		Mono Craters to the right of the image are rhyolitic domes.
		Mono Lake was spared the same fate on September 28, 1994, when the California State Water Resources Control Board issued an order to protect Mono Lake and its tributary streams.
		Mono Lake is a vital resting and eating stop for migratory shorebirds and has been recognized as an International Reserve in the Western Hemisphere Reserve Network.
	www.ipedia.com /mono_lake.html (755 words)

	Geologic History of the Long Valley Caldera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		The younger system, the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, is localized along a narrow, north-trending fissure system that extends from south of Mammoth Mountain through the western moat of Long Valley caldera to the north shore of Mono Lake.
		The Mono Craters were formed by multiple eruptions of high-silica rhyolite 40,000 - 600 years ago, and the Inyo Craters were formed by eruptions of low-silica rhyolite 5,000 - 500 years ago.
		During the past 3,000 years the Mono-Inyo Craters have erupted at intervals of 700 to 250 years, the most recent eruptions being from Panum Crater and the Inyo Craters 500 to 600 years ago (Miller, 1985; Bursik and Sieh, 1986), and Paoha Island about 250 years ago (Stine, 1990).
	www.seismo.berkeley.edu /~battag/LVO_GIS/Intro/GeologicMaps/GeologicHistory.html (624 words)

	California Wild Fall 2000 - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		Calderas are craters formed by the collapse of volcanoes.
		Beginning as islands in the alkaline waters of Mono Lake, the Mono-Inyo chain ends at Mammoth Mountain, which has erupted frequently for 40,000 years and whose most recent eruption was 600 years ago.
		These craters have erupted regularly every 200 to 700 years for millennia, and their last eruption was 600 years ago.
	www.calacademy.org /calwild/2000fall/stories/mammothlake.html (2617 words)

	"V22B-08" in fm06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		The five craters describe a 2.5 km-long WNW alignment of vents near northern foot of the mountain.
		The craters are small explosion pits with highly localized deposits of massive, very poorly sorted throw-out debris, and were formed by low-volume phreatic events.
		Compared to activity in the rest of the Mono-Inyo Craters, that at Red Cones-Mammoth Mountain is low in volume and infrequent.
	www.agu.org /cgi-bin/wais?hh=V22B-08 (401 words)

	Mammoth
		Of the estimated 250-300 inhabitants of Lone Pine, 27 are known to have perished and 52 of the 59 houses were destroyed.
		One report states that the main buildings were thrown down in almost every town in Inyo County.
		As in many earthquakes, adobe, stone and masonry structures fared worse than wooden ones which prompted the closing of nearby Camp Independence which was an adobe structure destroyed in the quake.
	teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us /hherms/herms/cal/mammoth.htm (548 words)

	geological history
		Scientists have determined that eruptions occurred in both the Inyo Craters and Mono Craters parts of the volcanic chain as recently as 600 years ago and that small eruptions occurred in Mono Lake sometime between the mid-1700's and mid-1800's.
		Its eventful history of volcanic activity is evident in both the extinct volcanic ranges of the Bodie and Anchorite Hills to the north and east and the dormant Mono Craters to the south.
		While the rolling Bodie and Anchorite hills were last active over hundreds of millions of years ago, the Mono Craters are the youngest mountain range in North America--the oldest of its 9,000' peaks is only 40,000 years old.
	www.env.duke.edu /eos/fieldtrips/MammothLakes/GeologicalHistory.htm (882 words)

	Volcano Hazards in the Long Valley - Mono Lake Area, California
		Future eruptions in the region are most likely to consist of one or more of the types of volcanic activity that have occurred in the past few thousand years along the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, which cuts through the western part of the caldera.
		This activity included (1) explosive eruptions that produced fast-moving pyroclastic flows that spread several kilometers from the vents and widespread ashfall; and (2) nonexplosive eruptions of thick lava flows and lava domes.
		Geologists have pieced together the dramatic sequence of eruptions and ground cracking that occurred along the Inyo volcanic chain about 600 years ago.
	lvo.wr.usgs.gov /hazards/index.html (710 words)

	Aron's SURF Proposal '98
		In general, activity within the resurgent dome has not been linked with the formation and later eruptions of the Mono and Inyo Craters, however, there may be good reason to connect the two.
		The Mono and Inyo Craters comprise a young volcanic chain with a violent and exciting history, and there is strong evidence that another eruption in the region is very likely in the near geologic future.
		Sieh has continued the study by beginning an investigation of the 610 A.D. eruption of the Mono Craters, although much data has yet to be collected, and much analysis remains to be done.
	www.cco.caltech.edu /~meltzner/proposal98.html (709 words)

	Be Sure to See the Mono Craters When Visiting Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
		They rise to 2,400 feet above the surrounding Mono Basin, just south of Mono Lake and east of the junction of Hwy 395 and Hwy 120.
		When the L.A. DWP drilled an 11.5 mile aqueduct tunnel through the Mono Craters in the 1930’s, work crews encountered hot and cold groundwater, deadly carbon dioxide gas, and steam proving that there is still activity within the Mono Craters.
		Nobody knows when the next eruption will be, but geologic changes occur extremely slowly when compared to the human lifetime.
	www.convictlake.com /mono-craters.htm (148 words)

	mono lake
		Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is one of the most productive ecosystems in North America.
		Black Point is the remnant of a cinder cone volcano that erupted under water during on of the stands of Lake Russel.
		University of California, Davis graduate student David Gains in 1976 earned his master's degree studying the Mono lake ecosystem and was instrumental in alterting the public of the effects of the lower water level.
	www.fact-library.com /mono_lake.html (515 words)

	Eastern Sierra Photo Gallery - Photo Album Provided by Oakhurst Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		A view of the lower 2 craters of Inyo Craters, from the path...
		This is the second crater of Inyo Craters.
		Morning on the lake shore of Mono Lake in the Tufa monument...
	oakhurstforums.com /eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=7666078441&f=2516031741&m=624106345&r=624106345 (1579 words)

	USGS: Science Topics: craters
		Notes and photos about a field trip taken to Barringer Crater (also known as Meteor Crater), Arizona, as part of the dedication of the Shoemaker Center in Flagstaff.
		Hydrologic monitoring data for Long Valley caldera, California, on springs, streams, wells, fumaroles, and precipitation to study the natural hydrologic variations and the response of the hydrologic system to volcanic and tectonic processes.
		Searchable database of all known meteorites and impact craters worldwide, based on published reports of the Meteoritical Society and several international research organizations.
	www.usgs.gov /science/science.php?term=285&type=feature (578 words)

	South Inyo Crater, Mono-Inyo Craters Volcanic Chain, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		View of South Inyo Crater toward the north; the base of Deer Mountain is in upper left.
		The crater is about 200 m in diameter and 60 m deep.
		This sequence of deposists was erupted between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago, well before the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain became active.
	quake.wr.usgs.gov /VOLCANOES/LongValley2.old/InyoEruption/32022545-011_caption.html (141 words)

	Volcanoes - posted 10/28/01
		Volcanic eruptions are not as common as earthquakes in California, but, like earthquakes, they have played a significant role in shaping the landscape along the eastern Sierra Nevada range.
		Scientists estimate that eruptions have occurred in the area for nearly four million years and that two volcanic systems - the Long Valley Caldera and the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain - are responsible for most of the activity.
		Mammoth Mountain, the Mono Craters and Inyo Craters also owe their existence to volcanic activity in the Mono-Inyo Volcanic Crater chain.
	www.bcea3143.org /volcano.htm (744 words)

	Mammoth/Owens Valley
		Knopf, A., 1913, A geologic reconnaissance of the Inyo Range and the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geol.
		Miller, C.D., 1985, Holocene eruptions at the Inyo volcanic chain, California-implications for possible eruptions in the Long Valley caldera: Geology, v.
		Rinehart, C.D. and Huber, N.K., 1965, The Inyo Craters - a blast in the past: California Div.
	geology.csupomona.edu /docs/cited.htm (947 words)

	Aron's SURF Proposal '98
		A Stratigraphic Study of the 610 A.D. Eruption of the Mono Craters
		The validity of such a hypothesis would provide a direct link between the Long Valley caldera resurgent dome and the Mono-Inyo Craters chain, and in light of recent seismic activity, this could significantly increase the potential volcanic hazard in the Mono-Inyo Craters chain in the near future.
		Sieh and Bursik have already done a thorough field investigation of the most recent (14th century A.D.) eruption of the Mono Craters, but that is only one eruption; others still need to be studied.
	www.its.caltech.edu /~meltzner/proposal98.html (709 words)

	Teacher Workshop 2005 - Long Valley Caldera
		Other features in the valley included a crater with green water in the bottom, and right next door, another crater with turquoise-green water in the bottom.
		To the north and west of Hot Creek geothermal overlook we were able to see evidence of uplift with in the caldera, which we interpreted as being the resurgent dome formed over an interval of 100,000 years between 580,000 and 680,000 years ago.
		The Inyo craters north of Mammoth Mountain and the Horseshoe Lake Tree Kill area south of Mammoth Mountain were interpreted as artifacts of recent caldera activity.
	www.lpi.usra.edu /education/fieldtrips/2005/long_valley.html (675 words)

	STAR '04 Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		There are world-famous lakes in the neighborhood: Lake Tahoe and Mono Lake are the big names.
		But lesser-known sites in the northern part, such as Fall and Titus Canyons, the dunefield at Stovepipe Wells, Mosaic Canyon, or the Ubehebe Crater, are equally fascinating, and somewhat closer to hand.
		Closer still, on Death Valley's northern fringes, the White Mountains are the westernmost redoubt of the Bristlecone Pine, the oldest living thing on our good planet.
	www.calhsta.org /STAR/sierraplaces.html (598 words)

	Inyo Craters Mountain Bike Ride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		The Inyo Craters ride begins at the junction of the Scenic Loop and Inyo Craters Road.
		This Ieads to the parking area Inyo Craters.
		A guide will talk about the geology of the Inyo Craters, the most recent volcanic event in Mono County.
	www.395.com /inyocrd.htm (294 words)

	Where Will Volcanoes Erupt in California's Long Valley Area?, Volcano Fact Sheet
		The three Inyo Craters, part of the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, stretch northward across the floor of Long Valley Caldera, a large volcanic depression in eastern California.
		Volcanoes in the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, which extends from just south of Mammoth Mountain to the north shore of Mono Lake, have erupted often over the past 40,000 years.
		The Inyo Craters and nearby lava domes were formed by a series of small to moderate eruptions 550 to 600 years ago, and the most recent eruptions along the volcanic chain took place about 250 years ago at Paoha Island in Mono Lake.
	pubs.usgs.gov /fs/fs073-97 (1390 words)

	Figure 7, Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) deployment plan for studying diverse magmatic systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-13)
		In the Aleutians, the instruments would be deployed in five areas encompassing 7 active volcanic centers.
		Two clusters would be deployed in the Cascades, at Mount St. Helens and Medicine Lake Volcano - Mount Shasta.
		The Yellowstone hotspot and Long Valley Caldera-Mono-Inyo Craters clusters would densify and extend existing monitoring networks.
	volcanoes.usgs.gov /pbo/fig7.html (114 words)

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