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1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Geology -- Washington (State)
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Geology
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Washington (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheney, Eric S., 1934- editor.
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Washington (State). Division of Geology and Earth Resources.
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| LC no. |
2021692829 |
| ISBN |
9780295806358 |
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0295806354 |
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