The Long Valley Caldera, near the Sierra Nevada range in California, exploded about 700,000 years ago and produced a huge ignimbrite (type of tuff deposit from a pyroclastic flow) called the Bishop Tuff. Mono Lake is found about 30 km to the northwest, with an island in the middle and a string of craters extending south from its south shore. Hot springs and tufa deposits can be found along the lake. You can see the lake on Google Earth at latitude 37° 59′ 56.58″ N, longitude 119° 2′ 18.20″ W. Use what you have learned about volcanoes and their landforms to explain the origin of Mono Lake. Do you think it represents a volcanic hazard?

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The Long Valley Caldera, near the Sierra Nevada range in California, exploded about 700,000 years ago and produced a huge ignimbrite (type of tuff deposit from a pyroclastic flow) called the Bishop Tuff. Mono Lake is found about 30 km to the northwest, with an island in the middle and a string of craters extending south from its south shore. Hot springs and tufa deposits can be found along the lake. You can see the lake on Google Earth at latitude 37° 59′ 56.58″ N, longitude 119° 2′ 18.20″ W. Use what you have learned about volcanoes and their landforms to explain the origin of Mono Lake. Do you think it represents a volcanic hazard?

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