Volcanic Hazards at Mount Rainier, Washington (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Mount Rainier is a large stratovolcano of andesitic rock in the Cascade Range of western Washington (fig. Al though the volcano. As. It now stands was almost completely formed before the last major glaciation, geologic formations record a variety of events that have occurred at the volcano in postglacial time. Repetition of some of these events today without warning would result in property damage and loss of life on a catastrophic scale. It is appropriate, there fore, to examine the extent, frequency, and apparent origin of these phenomena and to attempt to predict the effects on man of similar events in the future.

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