The Klawasi group is a cluster of three large mud volcanoes on the western flank of Mount Drum, a Pleistocene stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains of east-central Alaska in the United States. The cluster includes the Upper Klawasi, the Lower Klawasi and the Shrub.
Location of Klawasi mud volcanoes in Alaska
The volcanoes eject mostly warm mud, water, and CO2; the carbon dioxide is known to affect the flora and fauna of the area.[1]
References
edit- ^ Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4207 — U.S. Geological Survey report
External links
edit- Volcano information — Alaska Volcano Observatory page
- Thermal imagery research — Research page at the University of Hawaii
62°03′30″N 145°13′28″W / 62.0584°N 145.2245°W