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Abstract: Crater Lake National Park is located in southern Oregon (see Fig. 1)
and consists of the remnants of an ancient volcano, Mount Mazama. This
volcano was part of the Cascade Range that stretches from southwestern
Canada into northern California, a region that attributes its volcanic activity
to the subduction zone of the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
Mount Mazama collapsed on itself following a major eruption 7,700 years
ago, thus forming a massive caldera. This impressive crater has since filled
with crystal clear water, creating one of the deepest lakes in the world and a Fig. 1: Location of Crater
Lake National Park.
beautiful landscape visited by 500,000 visitors per year.
Source:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/LocMap_Crater_Lake_National_Park.png
Source: http://www.earthmagazine.org/
Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs092-02/images/rockwood.jpg
Source: https://naturalhistory.si.edu
Source: http://geology.com/articles/caldera
Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Geologic_map
Source: https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/images/cl-shd.gif
Source: http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/CraterLake/cl-138.jpg
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