Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
Basalt slabs are balanced atop pinnacles of Deschutes Formation volcanics on the Metolius River near
Lake Billy Chinook (photo courtesy Oregon State Highway Department).
Suggested Readings:
Anderson, James Lee., et al, 1987. Distribution maps
of stratigraphic units of the Columbia River
basalt group. Wash. Div. of Geology and
Earth Res., Bull.77, pp.183-195.
Barrash, Warren, Bond, John, and Venkatakrishnan,
R., 1983. Structural evolution of the Colum-
bia River plateau in Washington and Ore-
gon. Amer. Jour. Sci., v.283, pp.897-935.
Beeson, Marvin H., and Tolan, Terry, 1987. Colum-
bia River gorge: the geologic evolution of the
Columbia River in northwestern Oregon and
southwestern Washington. In: Hill, Mason
L., ed., Cordilleran Section of the Geologi-
cal Society of America, Centennial Field
Guide, 1987, pp.321-326.
—-Perttu, Rauno, and Perttu, Janice, 1979. The
origin of the Miocene basalts of coastal
Oregon and Washington: an alternative
hypothesis. Oregon Geology, v.41, no.10,
pp.159-166.
-—Tolan, Terry L., and Anderson, James Lee, 1989.
The Columbia River Basalt Group in west-
ern Oregon; geologic structures and other
factors that controlled flow emplacement
patterns. In: Reidel, S.P., and Hooper, P.R.,
eds., Volcanism and tectonism in the Colum-
bia River flood-basalt province. Geol. Soc.
Amer., Special Paper 239, pp.223-246.
Bishop, Ellen Morris, 1990. A field guide to the
geology of Cove Palisades State Park and
the Deschutes basin in central Oregon.
Oregon Geology, v.52, no.l, pp.3-12,16.
Catchings, R.D., and Mooney, W.D., 1988. Crustal
structure of the Columbia Plateau: evidence
for continental rifting. Jour. Geophys. Res.,
v.93, B1, pp.459-474.
Fecht, Karl R., Reidel, S.P., and Tallman, Ann M.,
1987. Paleodrainage of the Columbia River
system on the Columbia Plateau of Washing-
ton state - a summary. Wash. Div. of Geol.
and Earth Res. Bull.77, pp.238-245.
