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The geology of Washington and beyond : from Laurentia to Cascadia / edited by Eric S. Cheney.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources : in association with University of Washington Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295806358
  • 0295806354
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Geology of Washington and beyond.DDC classification:
  • 557.97 23
LOC classification:
  • QE175 .G48 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Scope of This Volume; SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. Physiographic Provinces of Washington State; 2. Important Geologic Concepts; 3. Overview of the Geology of Washington; SECTION TWO: LAURENTIA; 4. Overview of Laurentian Rocks in the Pacific Northwest; 5. Correlation of Unconformity-Bounded Sequences of the Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup in Idaho, Washington, and Southern British Columbia; 6. Regional Fold and Thrust Belts in Northeastern Washington and Adjacent British Columbia.
7. Mesoproterozoic and Cambrian Geology of the Northeastern Columbia Plateau of Washington: A View from the Steptoes8. Geology of the Priest River Metamorphic Complex and Adjacent Paleozoic Strata South of the Spokane River Valley, Washington; SECTION THREE: TERRANES; 9. Overview of the Terranes of Washington; 10. Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Coast-Cascade Orogen, Northwestern Washington and Southwestern British Columbia; 11. Geology of the North Cascades: Summary and Enigmas.
12. Synthesis of Geochemical Data for Mafic Rocks in the Crystalline Core of the North Cascades and Potential Correlatives: Tectonic ImplicationsSECTION FOUR: COVER SEQUENCES; 13. Overview of the Cenozoic Unconformity-Bounded Sequences of Washington; 14. The Columbia River Flood Basalts; 15. The Neogene Eggcrate of the Pacific Northwest; SECTION FIVE: QUATERNARY; 16. Overview of the Quaternary Period in Washington State; 17. Late Wisconsin Cordilleran Ice Sheet and Colossal Floods in Northeast Washington and North Idaho.
18. Late Quaternary Glaciation of the Puget Lowland, North Cascade Range, and Columbia Plateau, Washington19. Quaternary Geology of Northwestern King County and Southwestern Snohomish County, Washington; 20. Living, Working, Dying at Mount St. Helens, 1980-2006; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Scope of This Volume; SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. Physiographic Provinces of Washington State; 2. Important Geologic Concepts; 3. Overview of the Geology of Washington; SECTION TWO: LAURENTIA; 4. Overview of Laurentian Rocks in the Pacific Northwest; 5. Correlation of Unconformity-Bounded Sequences of the Neoproterozoic Windermere Supergroup in Idaho, Washington, and Southern British Columbia; 6. Regional Fold and Thrust Belts in Northeastern Washington and Adjacent British Columbia.

7. Mesoproterozoic and Cambrian Geology of the Northeastern Columbia Plateau of Washington: A View from the Steptoes8. Geology of the Priest River Metamorphic Complex and Adjacent Paleozoic Strata South of the Spokane River Valley, Washington; SECTION THREE: TERRANES; 9. Overview of the Terranes of Washington; 10. Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Coast-Cascade Orogen, Northwestern Washington and Southwestern British Columbia; 11. Geology of the North Cascades: Summary and Enigmas.

12. Synthesis of Geochemical Data for Mafic Rocks in the Crystalline Core of the North Cascades and Potential Correlatives: Tectonic ImplicationsSECTION FOUR: COVER SEQUENCES; 13. Overview of the Cenozoic Unconformity-Bounded Sequences of Washington; 14. The Columbia River Flood Basalts; 15. The Neogene Eggcrate of the Pacific Northwest; SECTION FIVE: QUATERNARY; 16. Overview of the Quaternary Period in Washington State; 17. Late Wisconsin Cordilleran Ice Sheet and Colossal Floods in Northeast Washington and North Idaho.

18. Late Quaternary Glaciation of the Puget Lowland, North Cascade Range, and Columbia Plateau, Washington19. Quaternary Geology of Northwestern King County and Southwestern Snohomish County, Washington; 20. Living, Working, Dying at Mount St. Helens, 1980-2006; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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