#LegendsOfGeology

The #ColumbiaRiverBasalt Group (#CRB) forms a dominant feature across the #PNW.

Dr. Marvin Beeson who taught and conducted research at #PortlandStateUniversity set the stage for understanding the CRB through his pioneering application of geochemistry to understand the evolution, structure, and extent of the CRB.

His research, and that of his many graduate students, led to many important, fundamental breakthroughs in understanding the geology of the CRB and the geologic history of NW #Oregon. He was widely considered the foremost expert on the geology of the Basalts and was widely sought as a geologic consultant by U.S. Geological Survey, state agencies, municipalities, and private sector companies.

In honor of Dr. Beeson, his many colleagues at the #USGS and OR Water Resources this web page was dedicated to publishing his work.

https://or.water.usgs.gov/projs_dir/crbg/sources.html

Vintage Nick Zentner gives a quick tour of the CRB and why it is uniquely impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UBFSXu9UHY

#WaterfallWednesday featuring some winter shots of #Oregon ’s tallest…Multnomah Falls.

Fed by springs on high rimrock and inter-flow horizons between #ColumbiaRiverBasalt flows.

This area still recovering from fires that have ravaged the area…both natural and man-made.

#Geology #Hydrology #Waterfall

From fissures far east you flowed
Following paths no longer exposed

Spreading surprisingly far and wide
Atop layers you now hide

Cooling only slightly along your path
How…I could never do the math

You finally reached your destiny
In the cool embrace of the sea

#ColumbiaRiverBasalt outcrops extraordinaire exposed in the Columbia River Gorge. When I try to imagine how magma could be erupted and flow hundreds of miles..stupefaction.

#Geology Bad#Poetry #PNW #GroundIsLava #Oregon #OregonCoast