Clear Water and Cataclysm at Oregon's Crater Lake
Morton MC. 2010. Clear Water and Cataclysm at Oregon's Crater Lake. Earth. 55(9):56-63
The article offers information on Crater Lake in southwestern Oregon, created by the eruption and collapse of Mount Mazama in 5,700 B.C., deemed one of Earth's great cataclysms. Klamath Native American tribe claims that their ancestors witnessed the eruption firsthand are corroborated by artifacts such as moccasins found beneath ash layers. Klamath legends are said to neatly parallel what is known of the geologic history of Crater Lake. Believed one of the deepest, clearest lakes in the world, Crater Lake was preserved as a national park in 1902
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Morton, Mary
- Units
- CRLA
- Keywords
- CRATER Lake (Or.), GEOLOGY -- History, Klamath Indians, Lakes, Mazama, Mount (Or.), Oregon