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Geology of Interactions of Volcanoes, Snow, and Water:
Glacier Peak, Washington

Volcano hazards


A map depicts inferred hazards from future eruptions of Glacier Peak volcano. The potential hazards are from tephra fall, pyroclatic flows and pyroclastic surges, ballistic projectiles, debris avalanches, lahars (debris flows), and floods.

Waitt, R.B., Mastin, L.G., and Beget, J., 1995, Map showing potential hazards from Glacier Peak volcano, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-413, scale 1:100,000.



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