Dune Fields of the Upper Columbia River Region, WA
Palouse dust storms thicken Okanogan soils. - A silviculturist I once knew In the Okanogan Highlands of northeastern Washington, forest...
Great Terrace of the Columbia #1 - The Explorers
Geologists have long been fascinated with the high terrace that stands well above the modern Columbia River between Brewster and Chelan....
Correlating Measured Sections - White Bluffs, WA
I took a swing at correlating 26 of Kevin Lindsey's stratigraphic columns from White Bluffs (Lindsey, 1996, Appendix A). A couple day's...
Harder Road - Calcrete Over pre-Wisconsin Flood Gravel
Harder Road Site. Harder Rd crosses the Cheney-Palouse scabland tract. This roadcut is mentioned in Baker (1973) and other articles on...
Before Bretz
Reconnaissance Geologists of the Columbia Basin & Okanogan Highlands A significant number of geologists visited Eastern Washington prior...
Lind Coulee Fault near O'Sullivan Dam - Potholes Reservoir, WA
Any excusion into Lind Coulee will include some adventure. This outing involves recent faulting and interesting Plio-Pleistocene...
Repeated Soft Sediment Deformation - Lake Rufus Woods, WA
Shear stress at the base of the overriding flow is transmitted to the substrate, forming these structures. Soupy and clay-rich substrate...
Pleistocene(?) Alluvial Stratigraphy - Lind Coulee, WA
Non-flood sediments of Pleistocene age are well exposed along Crab Creek in Lind Coulee east of O'Sullivan Dam. Very little has been...
Structureless Sandstone Beds - White Bluffs, WA
Structureless sand is fairly unusual in the geologic record. Sandy sediment deposited by flowing water always preserves bedforms....
Old Maid Coulee Site Geology - Connell, WA
The Old Maid Coulee site, located near Connell, WA, contains convincing evidence of "pre-late Wisconsin" flooding. Geologists distinguish...
