Western Cordillera and Adjacent Areas
Author | : Terry W Swanson |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813700043 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813700045 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Download or read book Western Cordillera and Adjacent Areas written by Terry W Swanson and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes guides for field trips held in conjunction with the 2003 GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle. Topics covered include Glacial Lake Missoula and the Clark Fork Ice Dam; the Sauk Sequence in Utah; the geology of wine in Washington state; the Columbia River basalt and Yakima Fold Belt; Alpine glaciation of the North Cascades; and recent geoarchaeological discoveries in central Washington. Quaternary geology of Seattle, engineering geology in the central Columbia Valley, and the tephrostratigraphy and paleogeography of southern Puget Sound are also covered.