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... Nevada are in the distant background . The Mono Craters are an ar- cuate chain of rhyolite volcanic domes that have formed by eruptions dur- ing the past 40,000 years . United States Geological Survey Yearbook , Fiscal Year 1982 UNITED.
... Nevada are in the distant background . The Mono Craters are an ar- cuate chain of rhyolite volcanic domes that have formed by eruptions dur- ing the past 40,000 years . United States Geological Survey Yearbook , Fiscal Year 1982 UNITED.
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... Nevada ( right middle ground ) . Mammoth Mountain and the resort town of Mammoth Lakes are in the left foreground . Since May 1980 , repeated earthquake swarms in the area ( arrow ) between the town of Mammoth Lakes and Lake Crowley ...
... Nevada ( right middle ground ) . Mammoth Mountain and the resort town of Mammoth Lakes are in the left foreground . Since May 1980 , repeated earthquake swarms in the area ( arrow ) between the town of Mammoth Lakes and Lake Crowley ...
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... Nevada , was shaken by an historically unprecedented sequence of earthquakes . During a 48 - hour period , the area was jolted by four magnitude 6 earth- quakes , tens of magnitude 4 and 5 earth- quakes , and literally hundreds of ...
... Nevada , was shaken by an historically unprecedented sequence of earthquakes . During a 48 - hour period , the area was jolted by four magnitude 6 earth- quakes , tens of magnitude 4 and 5 earth- quakes , and literally hundreds of ...
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... Nevada , a region long noted for its earthquake activity . The nearby Owens Valley was rocked by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in 1872 , and sporadically , every decade or so the region experiences magnitude 5 and 6 earthquakes ...
... Nevada , a region long noted for its earthquake activity . The nearby Owens Valley was rocked by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in 1872 , and sporadically , every decade or so the region experiences magnitude 5 and 6 earthquakes ...
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... Nevada were independently observing the anomalous signatures of the Mammoth Lakes earthquakes and amassing an im- pressive collection of data confirming that molten magma did indeed underlie Long Valley Caldera and suggesting that it ...
... Nevada were independently observing the anomalous signatures of the Mammoth Lakes earthquakes and amassing an im- pressive collection of data confirming that molten magma did indeed underlie Long Valley Caldera and suggesting that it ...
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