Exploring the Geology of the Inland Northwest

Prepared for the 2016 GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, this well-illustrated volume offers guides to the lavas of the Columbia River basalts, megaflood landscapes of the Channeled Scablands, Mesozoic accreted terranes, metamorphic Precambrian Belt and pre-Belt rocks, and other features of this tectonically active region.
Geology of the Wallowa terrane, Blue Mountains province, in the northern part of Hells Canyon, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon
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Published:January 01, 2016
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Tracy L. Vallier, Keegan L. Schmidt, Todd A. LaMaskin, 2016. "Geology of the Wallowa terrane, Blue Mountains province, in the northern part of Hells Canyon, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon", Exploring the Geology of the Inland Northwest, Reed S. Lewis, Keegan L. Schmidt
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Abstract
The Wallowa terrane is one of five pre-Cenozoic terranes in the Blue Mountains province of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. The other four terranes are Baker, Grindstone, Olds Ferry, and Izee. The Wallowa terrane includes plutonic, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks that are as old as Middle Permian and as young as late Early Cretaceous. They evolved during six distinct time segments or phases: (1) a Middle Permian to Early Triassic(?) island-arc phase; (2) a second island-arc phase of Middle and Late Triassic age; (3) a Late Triassic and Early Jurassic phase of carbonate platform growth, subsidence, and siliciclastic sediment deposition;...
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- Blue Mountains
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- Idaho
- igneous rocks
- intrusions
- lithostratigraphy
- Mesozoic
- metamorphic rocks
- Oregon
- Paleozoic
- Permian
- plutonic rocks
- plutons
- road log
- sedimentary rocks
- Snake River canyon
- stratigraphic units
- terranes
- United States
- volcanic rocks
- Washington
- Hells Canyon
- Wallowa Terrane
- Baker Terrane
- Martin Bridge Formation
- Seven Devils Group
- Olds Ferry Terrane