New research unveiled recently links a series of California earthquakes to heavy snowmelt during a wet winter.
occurred in the same region this year, raising the question of whether the same occurrence will happen in 2019.
While giving a tour at the Mammoth Community Water District, she spoke with staff there about the flooding and recent seismic activity. First observed as two unrelated happenings, linked only by timing, it would be a few weeks later that a discovery was made connecting the two natural events. The finding triggered the idea that the snowmelt could be directly correlated to the seismic activity.
“I think the discovery of these snowmelt swarms might be the biggest new interpretation of something that’s happened there. I think in the past people have seen these swarms, but assumed it was unrelated to the magmatic system,” Brown said.“What we think is unique of the Long Valley area is that the rock layers have been deformed so much that they’re tipped up on end, like books on a shelf,” Brown said. The upward layers provide conduits for the snowmelt.
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