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 | Roadside Geology of Washington
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Series: Roadside Geology
Media: Paperback
Item #: 207 Price: $18.00
ISBN: 0-87842-160-2
Pages: 320 Size: 6 x 9
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| "Through the Roadside Geology of Washington . . . I've started to make sense of . . . the natural features of our state . . . from the vast volcanic flows that formed the Columbia Plateau . . . to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens."--Kristin Jackson, Seattle Times
The geology of Washington is a story of islands-- micro-continents-- coming in from the sea. Two hundred million years ago most of Washington consisted of two large islands, each one a scrap of continent, lying somewhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. One after the other they docked onto the North American continent, each adding its distinctive bit to the complex geologic and geographic mosaic of western North America. |
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