The middle of three andesite lava flows that erupted from three vents near Davis Lake has been radiocarbon dated at 5,050-5,600 years. The Pleistocene Odell Butte shield volcano is in the background, and the southernmost of the three lava flows can be seen in the distance below its left flank.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Galleries: Shield Volcanoes

Keywords: lava flow | shield volcano | aa

Davis Lake