Research
Into
the Deep: Crater Lake's ranking as one of the world's deepest
lakes varies by how list is determined
-
November 29, 2007
Is Crater Lake the seventh deepest lake in
the world, the eighth or the third?
Depends on how it’s figured.
Crater Lake deep yields mysterious moss
- September 15, 2007
Thick
patches of moss grow in large, dense mats 100 feet below the
surface of crystalline Crater Lake. Mysterious cylindrical holes
spiral deep into sections of the mats....
Little-visited
Sphagnum Bog a hotbed for botanists -
August 6, 2007
Larry Powers led a group of nine through a section of
bogs recently at Sphagnum Bog, a little-visited, remote research natural area
near the northwest boundary of Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake's
Mystery Moss - August
01, 2007
The soggy day of field work that Buktenica led July 18 is part of a broader
research program to monitor the lake's health and explore its unique ecology.
This summer, researchers are unleashing an arsenal of instruments on a complex
underwater moss colony that thrives on a platform of submerged volcanic rock
around Wizard Island on the lake's west side.
Unraveling the secret of Crater Lake's ... Deep Moss
April 2, 2007
It's a huge colony of moss that has lived quietly in the depths of the
clearest lake in the United States since somewhere between 4,000 and 7,700 years
ago after Mount Mazama blew its top and created the hole that Crater Lake would
fill.
Rainier third most
dangerous U.S. volcano
-
February 28, 2007
Over the next two years, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
plans to increase the number of earthquake monitors from
five to nine, ring the mountain with eight new
global-positioning (GPS) units to monitor the mountain's
movements and speckle it with 21 small metal discs to gauge
whether the mountain changes shape.
Roving the Floor of Crater Lake
- August 21, 2006
A remotely operated vehicle system will be used to
gather video footage and test samples to determine how
this natural community fits into the lake's ecosystem.
The research is being carried out by representatives of
Oregon State University, the National Park Service, U.S.
Geological Survey and Southern Oregon University.
Found in the ashes - August 20, 2006
The eruption of Mount Mazama in the Oregon Cascades
was the largest volcanic event to hit North America in at
least 10,000 years. The ash rained down for days, burying a
prehistoric camp that archaeologists are now working to
uncover in western Montana.
Crater Lake due for odd visitor
- August 18, 2006
Oregon icon - Scientists will use a submarine to
explore what fields of green moss mean to the hidden
ecosystem
U.S. considers
close watch on volcanoes -
July 13, 2006
The nation's new secretary of the interior said Wednesday that plans are
being considered for an expanded monitoring system to keep watch on
hazardous U.S. volcanoes.
Rockin' in the Klamath Basin - September 26, 2005
Margi Jenks looks for water by studying rocks. She's not a mystic, she's a geologist. Or maybe
she's both, and a whole lot more.
Seismic monitoring stations wanted at Crater Lake
- September 17,
2005
But, yes, geologists with the U.S. Geologic
Survey and Crater Lake National Park officials would like to install six
to 10 seismic monitoring stations at and near the park.
Spending a night on Crater Lake's
Wizard Island - September 04, 2005
For more than 30 years I've experienced Crater Lake National Park from
many perspectives - as a writer, photographer, father of a park ranger,
recreationalist and continually bedazzled tourist. My most recently
learned lessons in Crater Lake trivia came as a member of the park's
Natural History Association board of directors, during our group's
annual summer outing.
Researchers delve into lake's clarity
-
September 15, 2003
Scott Girdner, a Crater Lake National Park biologist and boat pilot,
held the wheel steady. He tried to minimize the bounce as the bow of the
R/V Neuston alternately dipped into holes between waves and then tilted
abruptly skyward as the swell passed underneath.
Geologist honored for Crater Lake
work
- August
19, 2003
A geological tour of Crater Lake National Park's
Rim Drive area will be given Saturday by Dr. Charles "Charlie" Bacon, a
volcanic geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Geologist receives research award
- July
22, 2003
Charles Bacon, a volcanic geologist with the U.S. Geological
Survey, will receive the Centennial Award for Excellence in
Scientific Research at Crater Lake from the Crater Lake
Institute's board of directors.
Crater Lake symposium broad as
well as deep
- October
07, 2002
Pack
horses, fungi, submarines, Indian legends, bull trout,
landscape photograph, raptors and geology were among diverse
topics discussed during a three-day symposium celebrating
the 100th anniversary of Crater Lake National Park.
Larson honored for Crater Lake
work
- August 18, 2002
Douglas Larson of Portland was awarded the Centennial Award for
Excellence in Scientific Research at Crater Lake during
ceremonies at Crater Lake National Park last Sunday.
Centennial Award goes to Crater
Lake researcher
- July 22, 2002
Douglas Larson of Portland has been awarded the Centennial Award
for Excellence in Scientific Research at Crater Lake National
Park by the Crater Institute board of directors.
New Maps/Report by USGS Scientists
show underwater features of Crater Lake in unprecedented
detail - June 1, 2001
New
Maps/Report by USGS Scientists Show Underwater Features of Crater Lake in
Unprecedented Detail Ancient lava flows, volcanic cones and landslides are
some of the features below the surface of Crater Lake that are depicted and
explained in a report available from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior.
Researchers finish Crater Lake map - August 04, 2000
Ancient
landslides and lava flows never before seen by humans have
been revealed at the bottom of the nation’s deepest lake.
Lake's mapping stars on Web site - August 02, 2000
The shroud of mystery covering the bottom of
Crater Lake is lifting and the results are a Web site near you.
Scientists finish mapping floor of
Crater Lake - August 2000
Using the latest multibeam sidescan
sonar technology, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the
University of New Hampshire finished mapping the bottom of Crater Lake,
Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake can't hide its bottom - July 31, 2000
The spectacle of a helicopter lowering a boat called the
"Surf Surveyor" into Crater Lake last week caught everyone's
attention. But now, this science vessel
will work hours on end for the next few days using brand-new
sonar technology called multi-beam mapping, scanning the
mysterious bottoms of one of the world's deepest lakes.
Military Saves the Day for Crater
Lake Sonar Research -
July 29, 2000
In
1886, while trying to map the bottom of Crater Lake for the first time, William
Steel wrote in his journal, “How shall we launch the boat now that we have got
it here?”
Crater Lake mapping boat gets a lift - July 29, 2000
A huge, olive-drab Chinook CH-47D helicopter with
an Army reserve crew from Fort Lewis, Wash., transported the
research vessel filled with sonar equipment from the rim of the lake
onto the lake’s surface.
Getting to the bottom of things at
Crater Lake - July 21, 2000
The bottom of Crater Lake, in Crater Lake National park,
will get a thorough going over during the next two weeks, when
scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of
New Hampshire will map the lake’s bottom, using the latest
multibeam sidescan sonar technology.
Scientists say Crater Lake is
clearer than ever
- June 27, 1997
Scientists who monitor Crater Lake discovered Wednesday that they could see
43.3 meters (142 feet) into the deep blue waters. That's the clearest the lake
has been since recording started in 1896, said Mark Buktenica, Crater Lake's
aquatic ecologist.
Rare Flower Research
- Fall 1996
The Mt. Mazama collomia is one of the most beautiful and
rare wildflowers in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Concerns
over its vulnerability and long-term viability prompted the
National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service to join with
scientists....
Federal Geologists Say Volcano Is Officially Extinct
- March 12, 1946
The U. S. geological survey
has found no evidence to support reports of renewed volcanic
activity at ancient Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.
Oregon's famous Crater Lake not
1,000 years old
- December
29, 1934
Blue Crater Lake, in the national park of
that name, at last has divulged the secret
of its age. Not all at once, however. A few
facts it revealed to the geologist, a few
more to the student of tree rings, others to
the engineer. Putting two and two together,
these various specialists have come to the
conclusion that Crater Lake is young, not
yet 1,000 years old.
Crater Lake National Park
-
May 11, 1911
As a pioneer in the field, the
United States Geological Survey has made a careful
topographic survey of the Crater Lake National Park.
Deep Water
- September 9, 1886
A party sent out by the
Geological Survey, under the command of Captain Clarence E.
Dutton, U. S. A., has succeeded in reaching and making a
complete survey of Crater Lake n Oregon, a body of water
whose shores, with the possible exception of one point' on
the south, have never before been touched by the foot of
white men.\
Examination of Crater Lake
- September 4, 1886
The examination of Crater Lake, in Oregon, gives scientific
evidence of the appropriateness of its name, and shows it to
be in the heart of a mountain hollowed but by volcanic
action.
