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Volume 156, Number 2 (July 10, 1999)

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Quenched fire found in Greenland ice

Deeply buried ice provides evidence of an ancient western U.S. eruption.

References:

Zdanowicz, C.M., G.A. Zielinski, and M.S. Germani. 1999. Mount Mazama eruption: Calendrical age verified and atmospheric impact assessed. Geology 27(July):621.

Further Readings:

Information on Crater Lake is available through the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory at http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/ and through the National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/crla/.

Sources:

Charles R. Bacon
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Road
Mailstop Code 910
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

Christian M. Zdanowicz
University of New Hampshire
Climate Change Research Center
Durham, NH 03824

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 2, July 10, 1999, p. 23. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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