Summer Field Notes 2012: The Clear Lake Volcanic Field

I'm still off in California, mostly doing lab work in California. However, I did get a chance to run off to the coast for the weekend and I swung through the Clear Lake Volcanic Field to get there. I'd never been to the volcanic features on the south side of Clear Lake before, so I thought I would try to see what I could see. Sadly, I missed a number of interesting locations (if only I knew about thisbefore my trip), but there were a few cool sights to see*. First, a little background on the Clear Lake Volcanic Field (CLVF). The volcanic field is one of the strangest areas of volcanism in North America. It is far west of the active volcanic arc of the Cascades. Instead, the CLVF appears at the north of end of volcanism that follows the northward migration of the San Andreas fault system. There ...