Washington rocks! : a guide to geologic sites in the Evergreen State / Eugene Kiver, Chad Pritchard, and Richard Orndorff

Author: Kiver, Eugene P.
Published: Missoula, Montana : Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2016.
Physical Description: ix, 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 x 23 cm
Additional Creators: Pritchard, Chad, 1979- and Orndorff, Richard L.

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Contents

Brief history of Washington's geology -- Okanogan Highlands : ancient rock of Northeastern Washington -- Columbia Plateau : massive basalt flows ravaged by catastrophic Ice Age floods -- Cascade Range: Washington's volcanic backbone -- Puget Sound: Glacial ice in a tectonic trough -- San Juan Islands: stacked thrust sheets scraped by ice -- Olympic Mountains: a youthful coast range -- Willapa Hills: sands of the Southwestern Coast.

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9780878426546 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
087842654X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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