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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-03251

Chaos Jumbles, a debris avalanche-deposit formed by collapse of Chaos Crags about 1650 CE, is seen from the top of the avalanche scarp.  The avalanche traveled up to 5 km in three lobes now covered with varying degrees of  vegetation.  The avalanche was emplaced as a cold rockfall avalanche; there is no direct evidence for an associated explosive eruption. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1982 (Smithsonian Institution).

Chaos Jumbles, a debris avalanche-deposit formed by collapse of Chaos Crags about 1650 CE, is seen from the top of the avalanche scarp. The avalanche traveled up to 5 km in three lobes now covered with varying degrees of vegetation. The avalanche was emplaced as a cold rockfall avalanche; there is no direct evidence for an associated explosive eruption.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1982 (Smithsonian Institution).

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