Description:A traveler entering the state of Washington from the east crosses a flat-to-rolling countryside of deep, fertile soil commonly sown with wheat. Then, abruptly, the landscape shifts to one of bare black rock cut by labyrinthine canyons and channels, plunge pools, and rock basins. The rugged terrain features cascade and cataract ledges, ragged buttes and cliffs, immense gravel bars, and giant ripple marks--the geologic legacy of the so-called Spokane Flood. Weis's concise but informative guide summarizes the sequence of ice-age events that culminated in the flood.U.S. Department of the Interior / Geological Survey. USGS: INF-72-2-(R-1)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood. To get started finding The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
24
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
U.S. Government Printing Office
Release
1976
ISBN
The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood
Description: A traveler entering the state of Washington from the east crosses a flat-to-rolling countryside of deep, fertile soil commonly sown with wheat. Then, abruptly, the landscape shifts to one of bare black rock cut by labyrinthine canyons and channels, plunge pools, and rock basins. The rugged terrain features cascade and cataract ledges, ragged buttes and cliffs, immense gravel bars, and giant ripple marks--the geologic legacy of the so-called Spokane Flood. Weis's concise but informative guide summarizes the sequence of ice-age events that culminated in the flood.U.S. Department of the Interior / Geological Survey. USGS: INF-72-2-(R-1)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood. To get started finding The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington: The Geologic Story of the Spokane Flood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.