INTRODUCTION National parks have been created all around America. One of the parks in northern California is Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen Volcanic has volcanoes, steaming fumaroles, and hydrothermal vents. It is well known for the Lassen Peak eruption of 1915.This essay will talk about History, Climate, Geology, Location, and Miscellaneous.
HISTORY Lassen Volcanic was founded in 1915. The last Lassen eruption was in 1915 and from 1916 to 1921 only ash and steam came out of the volcano. May 22, 2015 is the centennial of the Lassen peak eruption. In 1972 a section of the park was declared Lassen Volcanic wilderness. The National Park Service wants to keep wilderness intact to stay with the Wilderness Act of 1964. During the 1915 eruption due to the warnings no one was killed, but a few houses along creeks were destroyed. During the Ice Age in Lassen Volcanic there was a giant …show more content…
Throughout the year the high in Lassen volcanic is 85F, while the low is 50F.
GEOLOGY Lassen Volcanic has a lot of geology within the park. All of the volcanoes have a certain type of rock. Some of the more interesting rock types are 1915 Black Dacite, Basaltic Andes of Fantastic Lava Beds, Lassen Peak dacite, Banded Pumice, and Hydrothermally Altered Rock. 1915 Black Dacite is one of the newest rocks in california because it was created during the 1915 eruption. Banded Pumice was formed as a result of two different lava types mixing and drying. Hydrothermally Altered rocks were created when a rock fell into a hydrothermal vent and got changed, the original rock cannot be identified because of the alterations. Some of the peaks at Lassen Volcanic are Lassen Peak, Mount Diller, Cinder Cone, Broke off Mountain, Reading Peak, and Raker Peak. Brokeoff Mountain used to be part of a volcano called Brokeoff Volcano, which was 1,000 feet above Lassen Peak.
HISTORY Lassen Volcanic was founded in 1915. The last Lassen eruption was in 1915 and from 1916 to 1921 only ash and steam came out of the volcano. May 22, 2015 is the centennial of the Lassen peak eruption. In 1972 a section of the park was declared Lassen Volcanic wilderness. The National Park Service wants to keep wilderness intact to stay with the Wilderness Act of 1964. During the 1915 eruption due to the warnings no one was killed, but a few houses along creeks were destroyed. During the Ice Age in Lassen Volcanic there was a giant …show more content…
Throughout the year the high in Lassen volcanic is 85F, while the low is 50F.
GEOLOGY Lassen Volcanic has a lot of geology within the park. All of the volcanoes have a certain type of rock. Some of the more interesting rock types are 1915 Black Dacite, Basaltic Andes of Fantastic Lava Beds, Lassen Peak dacite, Banded Pumice, and Hydrothermally Altered Rock. 1915 Black Dacite is one of the newest rocks in california because it was created during the 1915 eruption. Banded Pumice was formed as a result of two different lava types mixing and drying. Hydrothermally Altered rocks were created when a rock fell into a hydrothermal vent and got changed, the original rock cannot be identified because of the alterations. Some of the peaks at Lassen Volcanic are Lassen Peak, Mount Diller, Cinder Cone, Broke off Mountain, Reading Peak, and Raker Peak. Brokeoff Mountain used to be part of a volcano called Brokeoff Volcano, which was 1,000 feet above Lassen Peak.