| Abstract: | The volcanic spires of the Sutter Buttes tower 2,000 feet above the farms and fields of California‘s Great Valley, just 50 miles north-northwest of Sacramento and 11 miles northwest of Yuba City. The only volcano within the valley, the Buttes consist of a central core of volcanic domes surrounded by a large apron of fragmental volcanic debris. Eruptions at the Sutter Buttes occurred in early Pleistocene time, 1.6 to 1.4 million years ago. The Sutter Buttes are not part of the Cascade Range of volcanoes to the north, but instead are related to the volcanoes in the Coast Ranges to the west in the vicinity of Clear Lake, Napa Valley, and Sonoma Valley. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 99122 |
| Citation Author: | Hausback, Brain P.; Muffler, L.J. Patrick; Clynne, Michael A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Volcano Science Center - Menlo Park |
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| Citation LatN: | 0392500 |
| Citation LatS: | 0390500 |
| Citation LonE: | -1214000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-REDUCING THE RISK FROM VOLCANO HAZARDS |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2011-3024 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Sutter Buttes-the lone volcano in California‘s Great Valley; 2011; FS; 2011-3024; Hausback, Brain P.; Muffler, L.J. Patrick; Clynne, Michael A. |
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| Citation Year: | 2011 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Sutter Buttes-the lone volcano in California‘s Great Valley; 2011; FS; 2011-3024; Hausback, Brain P.; Muffler, L.J. Patrick; Clynne, Michael A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2011_3024.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3024/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
