<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Skye Cooley | The Geologist-Woodworker]]></title><description><![CDATA[northendworkbench]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:03:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.skyecooley.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Irrigation-related Information for Mission Valley, MT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Montana State Laws Administrative Rules of Montana - https://rules.mt.gov/ Montana Code Annotated - https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/index.html Montana Legislature - https://www.legmt.gov/ Water Policy Interim Committee (WPIC) - https://committees.legmt.gov/#/nonStandingCommittees/33 U.S. Senate &#38; Congress Because Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP) is part of the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),  specifically the Division of Water and Power (DWP), and...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/little-bitterroot-lake-irrigation-related-information</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6886c443e2fb1aad706e3b60</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:45:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_500503b058ff4485a2d4b7718fa6098a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_700,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pardee's Lens]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've worked as a geologist in the West, it's a fairly safe bet that J.T. Pardee visited your field area decades before you arrived. Pardee, a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, traveled as far as his little Ford Model T could take him—to hard rock mines in the Rockies, phosphate seams in Montana, fault scarps in the Basin and Range, and the desolate coulees of the Channeled Scablands. For more than 30 years, the government man journeyed along lonesome roads, traversed ridges, and...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/pardee-s-lens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682a9f12caec9fd0d94421e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Geologist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category><category><![CDATA[Okanogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diatomite]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 04:01:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_384a376663254822a5f9bf55309b9ee9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheeted Clastic Dikes in the Megaflood Region]]></title><description><![CDATA[The definitive article on clastic dikes in Eastern Washington. Origin, age, character, and distribution are discussed. Data driven research.]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/2020/09/15/sheeted-clastic-dikes-in-the-megaflood-region</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fadc60f3564650017dc3c1b</guid><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Injectites]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soft Sediment Deformation]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:06:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_9163479888e74b34a904c1ecc8f05363~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye W. Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newcomb's Folly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly all clastic dikes in the Channeled Scablands are Pleistocene in age, wedge-shaped, and filled from above (Jenkins, 1925; Lupher,...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/clastic-dikes-whence-upward-intrusion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629a39d7cbda044851ef878a</guid><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 18:37:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_e8021dae0e1f40c69f4f71362e709b68~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Terminal Moraines in Mission Valley, MT]]></title><description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Glaciation of Mission Valley The Cordilleran Ice Sheet invaded northwestern Montana multiple times during the Pleistocene, overtopping mountain ranges, widening pre-glacial river valleys, and depositing moraines composed of clay-gravel diamicts that often lack a full complement of boulders. Mission Valley is a structural trough that extends south of Flathead Lake between Polson, MT and the Ravalli Hill divide. Two prominent, horseshoe-shaped moraines indicate the Flathead Lobe...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/mapping-glacial-moraines-in-mission-valley-mt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d802e1102aacb0a482cd1f</guid><category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:52:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_2d636626372f43d091bd2d5765628530~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calcrete Growth in Alluvial Lowlands - New Findings in Eastern Washington State]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article and a more detailed guidebook explore the spectacular calcretes of south-central Washington. The thick, bright white CaCO3-rich paleosols overprint the Pliocene Ringold Fm, Plio-Pleistocene fanglomerates, pre-Wisconsin flood gravels, and early Palouse loess. The blanket-like hardpans formed in alluvial sediments low in the landscape where strong evapotranspiration moved large volumes of water through the soil column via vegetation rooted near the water table. The aridity...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/calcrete-growth-in-alluvial-lowlands</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62899f685583e5769fe5aa06</guid><category><![CDATA[Calcrete]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ringold Formation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_5c1cd6abad1f45a9985fae07f90adefb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diagnosing Misfire in a Honda CRF250L - Solved]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently bought a 2017 Honda CRF250L with less than 500 miles on it. It has a full Yoshimura RS-4 exhaust system, aftermarket fuel controller, and Acerbis 3.1 gallon tank. The bike is in like-new condition. It starts up quickly, idles fine, does not leak anywhere, does not smoke, no rattles, and revs up smoothly at idle. The only problem is that it misfires randomly at all RPMs when the engine is under load (e.g., when riding it). No error codes on dash. Decel pops are noticeable, but no...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/diagnosing-misfire-in-a-honda-crf250l</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67eb1c9280b88910f824ee17</guid><category><![CDATA[Motorcycles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_21797d03325a4f68a060596855fcd70b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Foster Creek - Bridgeport Hill Road, WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steep cutbanks along West Foster Creek expose glacial deposits inset into a thick package of Miocene Ellensburg Fm. Till and haystack...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/west-foster-creek-bridgeport-hill-road-wa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67240ac6036590cae36d611d</guid><category><![CDATA[Okanogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:56:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_84def07e9e884a168162cfe2b95e747b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_895,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rulo Site - Walla Walla Valley, WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rulo is a Palouse outcrop with a twist. The Rulo site is a large, double-sided roadcut located a few miles northwest of Walla Walla along Sudbury Road. Roadcuts and nearby outcrops expose what at first appears to be the same-old, same-old innards of a Palouse loess hill, but upon closer inspection proves to be much more interesting. Faulted Miocene basalt bedrock is overlain by locally-derived gravel and an unusual micaceous, fossiliferous fluvial deposit of Pliocene age. Above, lie a number...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/rulo-site-walla-walla-valley-wa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6719670b9496e58e11e6af5b</guid><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calcrete]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:11:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_8b0cb8daa54c4e30bee110407ebbfb6c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_573,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sedimentary Facies of Scabland Deposits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Touchet Beds - Burlingame Canyon near Lowden, WA. Sand-silt 'slackwater' beds with minor gravel at the base of some. O.P. Jenkins photo. Touchet Beds - Willow Creek Valley at Cecil, OR. Touchet Beds lie atop Bonneville Flood gravel at Lewiston, ID. Touchet Beds - Sand-gravel bottoms and silt-sand slackwater tops. Abundant angular clasts in larger size fractions remobilized from local hillslopes (reworked colluvium). Latah Creek at Qualchan Golf Course west of Spokane, WA. Energetic boulder...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/sedimentary-facies-of-scabland-deposits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e1f61e9f00c9b000a27d65</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_4f9b7fe3539243dc9e4968ccb7ba8631~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reese Coulee - Walla Walla Valley, WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Reese Coulee site is a two-sided roadcut along Hwy 12 between Wallula Junction and Touchet, WA. The cut is important because Missoula...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/reese-coulee-walla-walla-valley-wa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d373573c4e101af4f5bc61</guid><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calcrete]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_f51f6354ed5b44c09f2f390ae2253ac4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[References for Clastic Dikes Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allen, J.R.L., 1982, Sedimentary Structures: Their character and physical basis, Volume1: Developments in Sedimentology 30A, Elsevier, 592 pgs. Allison, I.S., 1932 Allison, I.S., 1933, New version of the Spokane Flood, GSA Bulletin, v. 44, p. 675-722 Allison, I.S., 1935, Glacial erratics in Willamette Valley, GSA Bulletin, v. 46, p. 615-632 Allison, I.S., 1936, Pleistocene alluvial stages in northwestern Oregon, Science, v. 83, p. 441 Allison, I.S., 1953, Clastic dikes in Quaternary lake...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/clastic-dikes-research-referenced-articles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7bb0abf1f88bc38bdbb590</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_126a657365f747a1bde176139e624e72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I.C. Russell's Reconnaissance in Central Washington, 1892]]></title><description><![CDATA[J.S. Diller, the Geologist in charge of the Cascade Division for the U.S. Geological Survey, dispatched a young Israel C. Russell to...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/i-s-russell-s-reconnaissance-of-central-washington-1893</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65562abd6a01d22c35fb9e79</guid><category><![CDATA[Geologist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great Terrace]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:43:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_34b99a9282c745559e334fd78b38e353~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dual Sport Riding Gear for Montana]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Honda XR650L is the most red-blooded American motorcycle Japan ever built. "If you're not first, you're last." Riding Season Motorcycle season in northwestern Montana lasts about half the year (April-October). Snow typically lingers into April and returns in November. Motorcycle Honda XR650L with Acerbis 5.8 gallon tank, better foot pegs, 2" bar risers, DoubleTake mirrors, Grip Puppies, UNI foam air filter, and Kuba lowering link. I've lowered the front forks in the triple clamps by...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/dual-sport-riding-gear-for-a-montana-commuter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6546b9ca932b117e1e6074bc</guid><category><![CDATA[Motorcycles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:35:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_512bd4939bcc442ab0663d5d3998b2da~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Maps I've Made]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watercolor of Puget Sound.  Portion of a larger map of Alaska I made for Audubon Alaska. Planning map for canal lining project for...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/2019/06/25/my-maps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fadc613e050600017139e21</guid><category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category><category><![CDATA[Artwork]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_86610a6475a54796a7cc078c5f9925a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_734,h_290,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calcrete: Friends of the Pleistocene PNW Cell 2023 - Photos from Field Trip to Eastern WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for all who attended the 2023 Friends of the Pleistocene PNW Cell's field trip and for sending in your pics! Calcrete. Proper geology at Hendricks Road. Rene Barendregt photo. Saddle Mts hike. Thank you to Cameron McKernan for allowing us access to his land. Offramp site near Othello. Calcrete. Liesle Road north of Warden in eastern Quincy Basin. Bruce Bjornstad drone photo. James, Rene, Ralph, Lydia, and Bruce at Herman Railcut. Old flood gravel beneath old loess and two calcrete...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/fop-trip-2023-calcrete-in-eastern-washington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">650717b348cf3dc762328777</guid><category><![CDATA[Calcrete]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ringold Formation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saddle Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diatomite]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:37:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_c8b976eaa6af48e08366cc5bcd037cff~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Near- and Far-Field Hydrofracture in the Formation of Sheeted Clastic Dikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Near field (blue) and far field (red) hydrofracture curves shown. During the hydrofracture period, fluid pressure drops as fractures...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/near-and-far-field-hydrofracture-in-the-formation-of-sheeted-clastic-dikes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60c25eb898c011001500c3f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Injectites]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_a184b27664a04208ae9a3a5dc31603f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Current Ripples at Omak, WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Focus on Glacial Outburst Floods Shifts North Paleo-outburst flood indicators including large bedform trains and iceberg scour marks have been discovered in Okanogan Valley and other south-trending valleys of NE Washington (Gombiner &#38; Lesemann 2024, Lesemann et al. 2024). Identical features are known in the Channeled Scabland and other outburst flood tracts worldwide, including Iceland. The features document glacial floods of significant size and sourced in southern British Columbia spilled...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/2020/07/01/giant-current-ripples-at-omak-wa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fadc6154734e1001769f243</guid><category><![CDATA[Great Terrace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:42:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_01e3b9111fc94195807c34be70c4c32b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_670,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geology at the Colville River Mouth - Lake Roosevelt, WA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Colville River Mouth. The Colville River enters the Columbia River at Rivermile 100 just south of Kettle Falls, WA. Its an easy hike...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/geology-at-the-colville-river-mouth-lake-roosevelt-wa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6418dedca6be96638d0eb956</guid><category><![CDATA[Channeled Scabland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Okanogan]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_f944bc1fccba4ba381a5744a8b73ff5b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paleoseismic Trenching in Eastern Washington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Locations of fault trenches in Eastern Washington. Trenched faults in the Yakima Fold Belt . Locations of fault trenching investigations by USGS, Washington Geological Survey, DOGAMI, USBOR, and others. Most trenches were excavated in Columbia River Basalt. The Spencer Canyon trench, epicenter of the 1872 North Cascades quake, lies outside the YFB in older crystalline rocks of the Cascade Range. The Gales Creek trench, near Portland, is not shown on the map. Trench studies have established no...]]></description><link>https://www.skyecooley.com/single-post/paleoseismic-trenches-in-eastern-washington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6404ac2e9736e98fa143ca52</guid><category><![CDATA[Clastic Dikes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soft Sediment Deformation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ringold Formation]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:57:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13658e_8f893d2caacc46f0916ad05d59acb8a8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_868,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Skye Cooley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>