Little Glass Mountain
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Little Glass Mountain is a prominent obsidian lava dome within California’s Medicine Lake Volcano, known for its glassy rhyolitic lava flows and well-preserved volcanic features.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lava dome
ⓘ
obsidian dome ⓘ volcanic landform ⓘ |
| belongsToVolcanicField |
Medicine Lake Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Medicine Lake volcanic field
|
| composition | high-silica rhyolite ⓘ |
| eruptionAge | Holocene ⓘ |
| eruptionStyle |
effusive
ⓘ
silicic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
blocky lava surface
ⓘ
flow levees ⓘ glassy lava flows ⓘ obsidian talus ⓘ pressure ridges ⓘ pumice deposits ⓘ spines and domes ⓘ well-preserved flow fronts ⓘ |
| hasPreservationState | well-preserved ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance |
natural laboratory for obsidian flow processes
ⓘ
record of recent silicic volcanism in the Cascades ⓘ |
| hazardType |
lava flow hazard
ⓘ
tephra fall hazard ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
obsidian-producing eruption
ⓘ
postglacial silicic volcanism ⓘ |
| isOnFlankOf | Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Medicine Lake Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Medicine Lake Volcano summit area
|
| isYoungerThan |
Medicine Lake Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
|
| lastEruptionPeriod | late Holocene ⓘ |
| lavaType | obsidian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Medicine Lake Volcano ⓘ Modoc County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Shasta County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| monitoredAsPartOf | Cascades Volcano Observatory programs ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| near |
Medicine Lake Volcano
ⓘ
surface form:
Glass Mountain (Medicine Lake Volcano)
Medicine Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cascade Range volcanic province ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | black ⓘ |
| surfaceTexture | vitreous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geologic field studies
ⓘ
volcanology education ⓘ |
| volcanicRockType | rhyolite ⓘ |
| within | Modoc National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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