Floods, Faults, and Fire

The ten geological field guides presented in this volume explore key areas of the geologist’s Paradise that is Washington State and British Columbia. These trips investigate a wide variety of geologic and geographic terrains, from the dry steppe of the channeled scablands and Columbia River basalt group to the east, across the glaciated and forested Cascade arc and Coast Mountains, to the geologically complex islands in the west. This guidebook may be unique in that four of the trips utilize boats to reach remote field areas and are therefore rarely visited by geologists. Although these trips were guided during the 2007 GSA Cordilleran Section meeting, the guides were written to ensure that people can easily guide their own trips. The result provides an excellent source of exciting, thought-provoking geologic adventures for years to come.
Field guide to Mount Baker volcanic deposits in the Baker River valley: Nineteenth century lahars, tephras, debris avalanches, and early Holocene subaqueous lava
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Published:January 01, 2007
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David S. Tucker, Kevin M. Scott, David R. Lewis, 2007. "Field guide to Mount Baker volcanic deposits in the Baker River valley: Nineteenth century lahars, tephras, debris avalanches, and early Holocene subaqueous lava", Floods, Faults, and Fire, Pete Stelling, David S. Tucker
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Abstract
Holocene volcanic deposits from Mount Baker are plentiful in the low-lying Baker River valley at the eastern foot of the volcano. Tephra set SC (8850 yr B.P.), erupted from the nearby Schreibers Meadow cinder cone, is sporadically present. Exposures of both subaerial and subaqueous facies of the associated Sulphur Creek basalt lava flow are easy to access; the lava, the most mafic product known from the entire Mount Baker volcanic field, entered Glacial Lake Baker, invaded lacustrine sediments, and formed peperites as well as subaqueous block-and-ash flows. A volcaniclastic delta was deposited in the lake above the lava. The...
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