The Hidden Gem of Oregon; The Active Diamond Craters Volcano

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Within the state of Oregon is a geologic area so fascinating that it goes by the name of the Diamond Craters. Hidden away in a sparsely populated part of the state is a spectacular volcano which has some of the most wide-ranging basaltic features on the entire North American continent. This video presents the story on how this geologic wonder formed, and how this active volcanic field may one day erupt again, potentially at another site within a radius of 20 miles.
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[3] Norman V. Peterson, Edward A. Groh, "Diamond Craters, Oregon". The Ore Bin. Volume 26. No 2. February, 1964.
[4] J. Ewert, A. Diefenbach, D. Ramsey, "2018 Update to the U.S. Geological Survey National Volcanic
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[5] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231-1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by / geologyhub on Oct 5th, 2022.
0:00 Volcanoes in Oregon
0:24 High Lava Plains
0:40 Diamond Craters Volcano
1:25 Geologic Setting
1:56 Dike Formation
3:10 Uplift & Doming Occurs
3:37 Maar Formation
4:16 Ash Emissions
5:58 Caldera Formation
6:28 Total Amounts Erupted
6:49 Future Hazards
7:32 USGS Threat Rating
7:50 Conclusion

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@Baldevi 5 месяцев назад

I say that, I greatly enjoyed the longer format here, feel free to sprinkle such longer content through the standard format as you see fit.

@seanmorgan1759 5 месяцев назад

I'm always amazed at how many diverse volcanic features are in the Pacific Northwest that are so poorly-known. Really appreciate the videos.

@nicholasgarrett8594 5 месяцев назад

As an Oregon resident, I really appreciate your videos on the area, as most are about things I didn't even know existed.

@101rotarypower 5 месяцев назад

Spoiled for Oregon content recently! Possible anyone knows of other channels that focus more on the Oregon area to know about? Akin to what Nick does for Washington?

@Vesuviusisking 5 месяцев назад

This week is Oregon week

@ThatOpalGuy 5 месяцев назад

I like learning about all the volcanic areas I could drive to in just a few hours.

@emraldmars 5 месяцев назад

Same! I live in the central Willamette Valley, love hearing all this

@maryfreeman3341 5 месяцев назад

@@ThatOpalGuy I live in The UK but I still find this very interesting. I cannot see myself travelling this far, but the diagrams and photographs of similar eruptions help me to see the area at that time. What does the area look like now?

@Vesuviusisking 5 месяцев назад

@@maryfreeman3341 I live in the uk aswell

@bearalohalani 5 месяцев назад

It's been a while since I last visited Central Oregon (I live in Portland which has an extinct volcano - Mt. Tabor - within the city limits), but my recollection is MILES of rough black rocks, many with patches of grey lichen, and occasional small clusters of trees.

@davidcranstone9044 5 месяцев назад

I also enjoyed the longer format. Your videos are always good, but this one is exceptionally good - one of the best you have ever done.

@johnnash5118 5 месяцев назад

After Hawaii, Oregon has the highest percentage (@86%) of volcanically formed terrain in the US.

@AllTheHappySquirrels 5 месяцев назад

I love all the attention the PNW has been getting lately. Your long form content is great!

@bevinboulder5039 5 месяцев назад

This well deserved a longer report. Thanks for that. I had no idea this much volcanic activity has taken place in that area in addition to the actual Cascades.

@markjovanovic9110 5 месяцев назад

This series of Oregon Volcanic geography is the Best. I driven eastern Oregon and Washington alot and always love the landscape. I had a geology Professor in College, he did his masters on the Basalt fields in Washington got my interests in geology.

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

My frequent travels on us395 through N California and Oregon shows me new volcanic features that I have never seen before.

@GreatGray8790 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for the longer format video. Oregon is a cool place!

@lohikarhu734 5 месяцев назад

always interesting, and the time just flies by ;-) Oregon has one of the most diverse landscapes and geology in the continental USA, deset to ocean, and everything in between...

@emraldmars 5 месяцев назад

Love the longer form video, thanks for the info! Oregon geologically is such an interesting place

@ianrobinson3410 5 месяцев назад

Could you do a video on Colorado's ancient volcanos please? The topographical map of the colorado rockies is truly unique Much love and support

@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! I really like the description of Diamond Crater's eruptive activity; it was very versatile! The caldera formation at the end is fascinating. It probably looked like the caldera collapse at Kilauea a few years ago.

@Gizathecat2 5 месяцев назад

I really like this longer form video!😊

@oceantree5000 5 месяцев назад

Oregon= geologists’ paradise. I was astonished at the volcanic features here when I first arrived back in the early 90s. We spend time in SE Oregon every year and been lucky to have visited Diamond Craters several times. It’s an exceptionally impressive site in a landscape of astonishing geological transparency. Here’s hoping the trend continues and we get a Steens Mountain episode! A great chance to talk flood basalts.

@barrybeckford2733 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for these excellent and "enjoyably short" informative videos!

@kittty2005 5 месяцев назад

I love the longer video the more information you have to give is just that much more interesting, plus I wish I was 30 years younger.

@steveegbert7429 5 месяцев назад

I have been to Diamond Craters. It seems much younger than geology claims due to the dry High Desert environment. Low precipitation and sparse vegetation breaking things down.

@bobdavidson8019 5 месяцев назад

I've been there a few times as it is really easy to access. You can drive or walk a loop that stops at a number of features. Totally worth the trip!!!

@jimmyjames2022 5 месяцев назад

Another rare little eruptive series in Diamond. If I've learned anything with this channel it's that while there are have been a ton of one time or repeat volcanic eruptions of various types along the Cascadia Arc throughout history, chances of being alive to see any one in particular are extremely remote. That Mt St Helens took place in my lifetime was a rare fluke. And here I was hoping I might see nearby to me Mt. Baker or Garibaldi pop a little in my lifetime but good luck on that.

@Eric_Hutton.1980 5 месяцев назад

Long one this day. Excellent.

@JFStandhope 5 месяцев назад

As a resident of the PNW it's always great to get a bit more info about our various but not as 'famous' volcanic features. And I love the extended videos, too! Always nice to have a bit more depth and I really enjoy listening to your narration. You have a very soothing voice!

@DrewNorthup 5 месяцев назад

This video felt like the perfect length to fit the content.

@kathleentucker1238 5 месяцев назад

Thanks. This was fascinating, and I hope you are planning on making more in depth videos!

@shadowbanned4626 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for covering my neck of the woods.

@terripackard9292 4 месяца назад

Definitely love the longer format. As an Oregon resident, I appreciate the attention to our state's geologic history.

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

Fascinating. Wonderful detail that helps me to understand volcanoes better. I didn’t even notice that it was longer until you mentioned. Thank you

@FIRMVN15 5 месяцев назад

Hi Geology Hub! New eruption just started just north of grindavik, it was very close to the town. Update: the eruptive activity dropped by 90% in only few hours after the eruption started. So it follows the December 18 pattern

@billotto602 4 месяца назад

I love your videos. You have plenty of science but we don't need a PHD to understand it. I love learning. I'm 65, grew up with NASA in it's infancy & got to take my mom's small portable TV to school whenever there was a launch so my classmates & i didn't miss the launch ! And geology is also a passion of mine. There's a professor, Nick Zentner, from Washington State who puts out videos that i watch time & time again. It's because like you, he talks WITH us & not DOWN TO us. Thank-you for the excellent work you do. 🫡 🇺🇸

@matthew_ferguson 5 месяцев назад

I enjoyed the longer format! I would love to see more like this.

@deborahferguson1163 5 месяцев назад

I do enjoy the extended length of video! Diamond Craters is an interesting area to visit as is the Steens Mt and Alvord. desert near by. Thankyou GH!!!

@augustolobo2280 5 месяцев назад

This one was amazing. Looking on Google Earth, I always wondered why there were lavas all around east of the Cascades in Oregon. Please continue talking about the lavas and volcanoes on the region.

@StuffandThings_ 5 месяцев назад

I downloaded a file to google earth pro that maps out most of the world's volcanoes, its always fun to play around with that

@phprofYT 5 месяцев назад

Super awesome cool and rad all in one video

@RockHudrock 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Terry_the_count_6965 5 месяцев назад

I lived in Central Oregon, Bend, as a child and my mother often droves around to these places. I've been thinking of asking for just this video. I guess I'm too late now. thank you.

@mlb4062 5 месяцев назад

Great video! I like a full story in a longer format.

@innerspacesurfer 5 месяцев назад

I've learned so much about my home state from your channel recently. Thank you!

@garrettmillsap 5 месяцев назад

Always enjoy learning about my states geologic history

@laurippt 5 месяцев назад

I rode my bicycle through this area a year and a half ago. Really cool place, wish I’d had time to explore it!

@Trolling-zy3ml 5 месяцев назад

This would be so wild to see in person

@GeologyHub 5 месяцев назад

Remember, you can visit (in the U.S. BLM area)!

@Dragrath1 5 месяцев назад

Cool I didn't know about this eruption and appreciate the longer video to give us the information! In terms of the reason given what I've learned from Nick Zentner's channel it sounds like its probably related the Seismic tomography identified upper mantle upwelling feature consistent with the Juan de Fuca ridge and East Pacific Rise cutting through southeastern Oregon. It kid of looks like the shallower Cascade subduction zone is somewhat getting dragged with North America while the rest of the ridge system due to it being anchored deep in the mantle is staying within the Pacific/Yellowstone hotspot frame(As Yellowstone appears to have been a ridge line hotspot much like Iceland which is chemically discernable from its past eruptive products signature and the current mantle geometry observed in Seismic tomography. It even looks like all those subducted slabs are getting dragged up into the path of the plume but unable to pass or something equally complicated.

@brendanacord 5 месяцев назад

I know its more work for you but I really enjoyed the longer video! Thanks!

@RM-au9mm 5 месяцев назад

I like the slightly longer version of your work

@chrisbrown1462 5 месяцев назад

Was there about 8 years ago, one of the nicest parts of the area is it is well off the tourist routes so you can wander and explore the area in piece - unlike much of the Cascades.

@xwiick 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for all of your hard work man!

@dg6438 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for another great video!

@reach90002c5 5 месяцев назад

very interesting as always , thank you

@cacogenicist 5 месяцев назад

I very much like the longer format. In the future, if you have a topic that warrants a longer treatment like this, I'm all for it. That NW-younging volcanic trend really isn't well understood as far as I can tell. There doesn't seem to be a simple explanation, like changing slab geometry. ... I wonder if it isn't some interaction between clockwise rotation in the PNW and the YHS.

@Dragrath1 5 месяцев назад

Given its position in eastern Oregon I can't help but wonder if it has something to do with the ridge like upper mantle low sheer velocity zone seen in seismic tomography imaging of the western US which goes under North America as a continuous structure joining the Juan de Fuca Ridge to the East pacific Rise which it also underlies. A similar structure of higher temperature upwelling has been observed for other major ocean ridge systems such as the Mid Atlantic Ridge but no other ridge on Earth can match the rate of sea floor spreading of the East Pacific Rise. This thermal anomaly beneath North America is also such a close fit for the regions of unusual "inter-plate" active volcanism within the Basin and Range and Colorado plateau. The only exceptions are the volcanism to the east of the Sierras and to the west of the Colorado plateau which happen to be along the edge of very distinct region of crust which is rotating like a rigid body rather than deforming differentially like the rest of the western US. The clockwise rotation of the pacific Northwest and Basin and Range is almost certainly related since all the rotated regions are either along the Cascadia subduction zone or lies to the west of the thermal discontinuity boundary which is otherwise a perfect fit to the East Pacific Rise and Juan de Fuca plate. And if you account for the compression ongoing within the cascades the rotation also maps to the relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates. This to me suggests that the real plate boundary, following the newer emerging deeper plate tectonic paradigm suggested in some of the papers linked to Nick Zentner's crazy Eocene & Baja BC A to Z series is actually along the snake river plain and eastern edge of the Colorado plateau and the part of the North American continental crust raft which has crossed this divide is now being torn in the opposing direction by the underlying opposing mantle flow. I don't really get why this update to plate tectonics is so controversial the evidence is remarkably strong with volcanic and igneous dating and petrology, paleomagnetic data and seismic tomography analyses all pointing independently to the same picture tracing North America's journey west accreting and then overriding mature volcanic archipelagos and then encountering the East Pacific Rise starting soon after around 50 Ma via a very jagged zig zagging juncture which has laterally locked the two regions via the continental root of North America to the north and east of the boundary. The only real problem it has is the lack of a well defined fault of translation but given that the modern Basin and Range isn't deforming along a single fault why should we assume such a well defined fault exists? Whoops this got a bit longer than I intended.

@chimknee 5 месяцев назад

Thanks.

@wilcofaber9863 5 месяцев назад

Was nice video and 8 minutes is nice.

@jadearamona442 5 месяцев назад

Amazing, i should go see them!

@hhlech2852 2 месяца назад

I have been there. It’s amazing.

@apismellifera1000 5 месяцев назад

Very interesting

@allixkirchhoff7857 5 месяцев назад

Wow! I feel like Diamond Craters volcano is exciting and interesting compared to most but it might also just be the videos either way great job! Love all the info and keep up the good work! Any thoughts about videos on volcanoes on other planets or is that too speculative?

@jokerace8227 5 месяцев назад

Excellent. I figured you would get to those other volcanoes in East Oregon eventually. I only noticed them on Google Earth because they look similar to the East Idaho fissure shield volcanoes from above, just not as large. lol (ツ) ☕☕(ツ)

@knightmarefishing 5 месяцев назад

Yes appreciate the longer vid. Give me/us allllllll the info. Love it! Question had there ever been volcanism in Eastern US? Like even millions of years ago? Any evidence one can go see?

@memyselfandi8544 5 месяцев назад

FYI, there’s a fresh cindercone on Yakima military reserve in Washington. It’s not in the cascades nor in diamond craters.

@AgentSpockAgentSpock 5 месяцев назад

You need to do an update right now the volcano in Iceland erupted again

@gregharbican7189 5 месяцев назад

I actually like the extended video...sometimes there is more in-depth information that ( from a viewer's P.O.V. ) would be good to cover but set time constraints will end up limiting such more involved information/detail.

@RAMelloh-ij5sl 5 месяцев назад

I was expecting some diamonds in the conversation, but that's OK. Just a name? No diamonds? I kind of figured if there were diamonds there would be signs of vigorous mining. No diamonds. Sigh. I was just about ready to jump in the car and drive across the country to find me some. Great report.

@WWZenaDo 5 месяцев назад

Check out the "Crater of Diamonds State Park" in Pike County, Arkansas, if you would like the chance to do some digging for diamonds. If I recall correctly, there are also gem-quality topaz which can also be found there - whoops, no, I just checked. No topaz there, but you might also find some amethyst.

@Dee-jq2ob 5 месяцев назад

Right now in Oregon, we are freezing, coldest weather in 30 years 🥶. Snow, freezing rain, fierce winds and temperatures are 17 (with windchill 1 to -7). This is Portland, our mountains are so much worse. I know it’s no big deal to several states, where this is just another winter day, we’re just not use to it. My husband just laughs, he’s from Wisconsin and then moved to Chicago, before Oregon 😂

@DrewNorthup 5 месяцев назад

Global Weirding in Action......

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

I’m from northern midwest so the cold doesn’t bother me as much as it does people who grew up in the south. Explorer Peary brought some people from the arctic to America and they couldn’t stand how hot it was. I think they died from heat exhaustion.

@DrewNorthup 5 месяцев назад

@@edwardlulofs444 It is clearly documented in Peary's papers that the ones who didn't make it home died of European-origin illnesses. The heat wasn't comfortable for the people of the North, but it could be fatal for the sled dogs. A periodically rotating display of extracts from his papers are available for public viewing at the Admiral's summer home at Eagle Island in Maine. (Alas, the house itself is apparently temporarily closed for repairs by Friends of Peary's Eagle Island and the State of Maine.)

@MarcusBP 5 месяцев назад

Same here, but in Choctaw, Oklahoma. Will be hovering between 10 and -2 degrees until Tuesday. For us, this started in February 2021, with the cold temps that brought Texas to its knees. Each winter since, we see cold not seen for generations. Trying to bring in stray cats yet again. Nearly impossible for us here to believe in a rise in mean annual temperatures, when the winters have become so brutal. And I fully realize areas in the north experience much colder temperatures. But our infrastructure wasn't built for this, and our wildlife is struggling, and has been diminished.

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

@@DrewNorthup thank you for that correction. I have not read about Peary in 30 years. So my memory was faulty.

@markjanowski1502 5 месяцев назад

How do you know what the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate had done to cause the eruptions?

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

Good question. Seismology and Structural and Tectonic geologists have been making a lot of progress lately.

@TheSarcasticEngineer 4 месяца назад

I felt safe before I joined your subscriber list. Now, I want to buy gold and live in a caravan.

@Yezpahr 5 месяцев назад

👍

@markstewart9362 5 месяцев назад

Wow 8 minutes long!

@davec9244 5 месяцев назад

Who knew thank? you ALL STAY SAFE thank you

@augustolobo2280 5 месяцев назад

Small version of the Mid Terciary Ignimbrite Flare Up

@johnthomas2485 5 месяцев назад

Were diamonds ever found at Diamond Crater?

@skittenskitten 5 месяцев назад

May you please explain why they are having earthquakes in Oklahoma. Thank you.

@catcando1131 2 месяца назад

Wait. This was more than 5 minutes? Still to short. 😂

@Law0086 5 месяцев назад

I wonder if there's a well documented eruption that coincides with local native mythology?

@Shivaho 5 месяцев назад

I've been noticing a trend of Earthquakes all happening at 6.2 mi depth all over the earth... is there some reason for this?

@edwardlulofs444 5 месяцев назад

Often strange numbers appear when converting a round number in one system to another system. If usgs used 4 miles deep, that’s about 6.2 km. Or there might be an important geologic structure that such as the Great Unconformity. Or a weak layer of shale between hard layers of limestone.

@rochrich1223 5 месяцев назад

Since contained water becomes supercritical at 373 degrees Celsius, water causing volcanoes to explode would be too. It's a nifty scientific phenomenon if you wanted to cover it. Water at 600C suddenly released explodes with the same power and speed of black powder! Talk about lava bombs.

@sislertx 5 месяцев назад

So can people go hunt diamonds there or is it only a name...ya know like in Arkansas

@johnnash5118 5 месяцев назад

It’s named after the nearby town.

@Dragrath1 5 месяцев назад

No diamonds those require volcanic pipe eruptions which are believed to be rapid geological chemical reactions where under the right circumstances carbonates in the mantle can geochemically interact with continental silicates to trigger something sort of analogous to a bottle rocket as the bulk carbonates decompose back into carbon dioxide. Depending on the composition of the overlying continental plate they can take the form of Lamproite pipes (generally from "younger" Proterozoic to present aged crust) or Kimberlite pipes (continental crust generally from the Archean aged cratons). Both can excavate any diamonds that were in their path as they curst up from the upper mantle to the surface in a matter of hours to days but Lamproites rarely excavate diamonds compared to Kimberlites possibly related to geological evolution of these continental systems over time. For context most diamonds formed billions of years ago and were deep within or below the cratons only to geologically recently become ejected at a rate too quick for them to revert into their chemically stable low pressure form of graphite. Oregon crust wise is much too young compared to the billions of year old continental crust that yields diamonds.

@WWZenaDo 5 месяцев назад

Definitely. I just commented about this to someone else. The "Crater of Diamonds State Park" in Pike County in Arkansas. You actually CAN find diamonds there.

@ThatOpalGuy 5 месяцев назад

84 views in four minutes. I wish my channel was that well loved. LOL.

@Vesuviusisking 5 месяцев назад

I wish I could make videos

@Mindmartyr 4 месяца назад

"BCE" uhhh... when did the common era start?

@silleeel8322 5 месяцев назад

in the year fifty five - fifty five !!!!

@thitesmarantz4970 4 месяца назад

The title of this video made me think that the volcano is erupting with diamonds 💎 Duh 🙄🤣

@eirylsmosley8958 5 месяцев назад

New eruption in Iceland 2024

@jimbobhootenanny4440 5 месяцев назад

Your geologic settings diagram has been proven to be wrong with the new mantle scans they have been able to make.

@davidcranstone9044 5 месяцев назад

Evidence? Assuming you have got some (presumably from at least one published paper in the scientific literature), this is something that GH and other channel members with a serious interest in the area ought to know about.

@jimbobhootenanny4440 5 месяцев назад

@davidcranstone9044 well I used to but I can honestly say when I check my links there 404ed in the website so 🤷 I guess not anymore......

@jjsmallpiece9234 5 месяцев назад

Will a volcanic eruption ever cause the earth to split in half. Then fly off into space and got out of its orbit around the sun? If not why not?

@TheDanEdwards 5 месяцев назад

"If not why not?" - gravity.

@gabrielford3473 5 месяцев назад

I love the info but sure wish you would just speak with your normal voice instead of the RU-vid documentary diction. I actually stop watching as soon as I hear it, anymore. I'm really sorry and not trying to be mean.