

Pardee's Lens
If you've worked as a Geologist in the West, its a fairly safe bet J.T. Pardee visited your field area decades before you arrived....


Sheeted Clastic Dikes in the Megaflood Region
The definitive article on clastic dikes in Eastern Washington. Origin, age, character, and distribution are discussed. Data driven research.


Two Terminal Moraines in Mission Valley, MT
INTRODUCTION Glaciation of Mission Valley The Cordilleran Ice Sheet invaded northwestern Montana multiple times during the Pleistocene,...


Calcrete Growth in Alluvial Lowlands - New Findings in Eastern Washington State
I can't get any lower. Still I feel I'm sinking. -Soundgarden Calcrete is not a caprock . Thick pedogenic calcrete is intrinsically...


West Foster Creek - Bridgeport Hill Road, WA
Steep cutbanks along West Foster Creek expose glacial deposits inset into a thick package of Miocene Ellensburg Fm. Till and haystack...


Rulo Site - Walla Walla Valley, WA
Rulo is a classic Palouse outcrop . The Rulo site is a large, double-sided roadcut located a few miles northwest of Walla Walla along...


Reese Coulee - Walla Walla Valley, WA
The Reese Coulee site is a two-sided roadcut along Hwy 12 between Wallula Junction and Touchet, WA. The cut is important because Missoula...


I.C. Russell's Reconnaissance in Central Washington, 1892
J.S. Diller, the Geologist in charge of the Cascade Division for the U.S. Geological Survey, dispatched a young Israel C. Russell to...


Calcrete: Friends of the Pleistocene PNW Cell 2023 - Photos from Field Trip to Eastern WA
Thanks for all who attended the 2023 Friends of the Pleistocene PNW Cell's field trip and for sending in your pics! Calcrete. Proper...


Giant Current Ripples at Omak, WA
Focus Shifts North Paleo-outburst flood indicators including large bedform trains and iceberg scour marks have been discovered in...










