Dates      Week                     Topics                                                   A&H           FT

05-08         1         Plate Tectonics of the PNW                          52, 53, 38      

12-15         2         Earthquakes and Seattle Fault                         ..........           YES

19-22         3         Cascade Volcanoes esp. Rainier, Helens         43               see below         

26-29         4         Glacial History esp. Laurentide                      42, 44-51     

03-06         5         Columbia River Plateau Lavas & Fossils         33-39          YES

10-13         6         Olympic Mountains and Willapa Hills             24, 30, 40

17-20         7         Eocene sandstones and extension             25-29, 31, 32     YES        

24-27         8         pre-Laramide/Cascade geology                         1-11            

     31 May, Monday, Memorial Day Holiday

01-03         9         Laramide/Cascade Mountains I                          12-14         YES

07-10         10        Laramide/Cascade Mountains II                       15-22          YES***           

14-15         11        Potpourri; turn in last takehome

***  Trip to Mt. Rainier does not match geologic topic for that week.

     The chapters listed for Alt and Hyndman  are just a rough guide.  I will give specific reading assignments in class.

    The field trip days are tentative.

* All dates, topics, chapters, etc. subject to change etc. without notice etc.
 

Field Trip # 1
 Seattle Fault, Sunday 18 April.  Look at geologic evidence for the Seattle Fault at Restoration Point on Bainbridge Island, Alki Point in west Seattle, Overlook Park, Newport Hills and Lake Sammamish.  Discuss earthquake potential and hazards in central Puget Sound.  Minimal amount of walking, slippery on beach and down to Lake Sammamish.  Tide restricted:  low tide (+1) at noon  Time:  8:30 a.m-5:30 p.m (tentative, depends on ferries).

Field Trip # 2
 Columbia River Plateau in the Vantage area, Saturday 8 May.  Hike the trail to view the fossilized trees and tour the Interpretive center at Vantage.  Rock Shop for cheap specimens.  Evidence for ancient giant glacial floods at Frenchman's Coulee and Echo Basin.  Ancient basalt flows.  Short hiking on paved trail and again across lava flow, with short descent on trail.  6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (yep, very long drive).

Field Trip #3
 Sandstones and fossils of the Puget Lowlands and Cascade Foothills, Saturday 22 May or Sunday 23 May.  Chuckanut Drive near Bellingham, that great palm fossil locality on the road to Mt. Baker, folded sandstones near Darrington.  Lotsa driving.  approximately 6-6.

Field Trip #4
 Lopez Island in the San Juans, 5 June Saturday.  Cascade geology at its finest, a collage of bits and pieces from offshore Washington State.  Pillow basalts, ocean floor mud, ground up rock along faults, belemnite fossil, etc.  Great scenery.  Another tide and ferry dominated excursion.  Low tide:  -3.6 !!!!! at noon (tidepooling will be factored into trip).  approximately 6 am -6 pm

Field Trip #5   

Mt. Rainier National Park, 11 June Friday.  Via the Nisqually Entrance, to look at a variety of geology, including glacial outburst flood deposits, old granites, young volcanic rocks, mudflows, glacial features, etc.  Hopefully good weather for great scenery.  A very long day, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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