Rockfalls and Avalanches from Little Tahoma Peak on Mount Rainier, Washington

___.________________.________----__-___--__-__--________ Al Introduction..________________._._____-______--_____._____-._-__._ 1 Geographic and geologic setting.____________________________________ 4 Description of avalanche deposits.____________________________________ 4 Movement and velocity of the avalanches---------------------------13 Mudflows__-_---____-______._-_______-----_--_---------________. 22 Dust clouds.-.---------------------------------------------------25 Cause of the rockfalls_____-_-___-______--____-________-----___----25 References. -. _____________________________________________________ 29