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 News and Events:

  • NEW POSITION.  Health Physicist, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.  Click on the EMPLOYMENT Link for more information (posted 6/4/20).
  • NEW NEWSLETTER.  May NWGS Newsletter is now available.  Please click on the NEWSLETTER Link for more information (posted 5/3/20).
  • NEW ARTICLE.  Stitch in the ditch: Nutzotin Mountains (Alaska) fluvial strata and a dike record ca. 117-114 Ma accretion of Wrangellia with western North America and initiation of the Totschunda fault.  Click on the Suggested Readings Link for more information (posted 3/29/20).
  • NEW ARTICLE.  Along-strike variations in sediment provanance within the Nanaimo basin reveal mechanisms for forearc basin sediment influx events.  Click on the Suggested Readings Link for more information (posted 3/29/20).
  • REMEMBERANCE.  Dee Molenaar, Geologist, Mountaineer, Authur, and Artist passed away recently.  Click on the REMEMBRANCE Link for more information (posted 3/28/20).
  • NEW POSITION.  Senior Water Quality Engineer, Idaho Department of Enviornmental Quality.  Click on the EMPLOYMENT Link for more information (posted 3/28/20).
  • NEW NEWSLETTER.  March NWGS Newsletter is now available.  Please click on the NEWSLETTER Link for more information (posted 2/26/20).
  • NEW POSITION.  Environmental Technician, Idaho Department of Enviornmental Quality.  Click on the EMPLOYMENT Link for more information (posted 2/10/20).
  • NEW POSITION.  GIS Specialist, University of Washington Tacoma's Center for Urban Waters.  Click on the EMPLOYMENT Link for more information (posted 2/10/20).
  • REMEMBRANCE. Daniel S. Watterson, Principal Hydrogeologist, Watterson Geoscience, Inc., passed away 5 January 2020.  Click on the REMEMBRANCE Link for more information (posted 2/10/20).

 

The Northwest Geological Society is a non-profit educational organization which provides a forum for information and discussion on Northwest geology and related topics. The Society sponsors talks by leading academic and professional geologists at its monthly meetings, conducts field trips to locales of regional geologic interest, and publishes meeting summaries and field guides based on those activities. Membership is open to anyone interested in regional geoscience issues, and includes professionals, teachers, students, and others who have an interest in this field.

 

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2013 Fall Field Trip                                                2012 Fall Field Trip                                                 2012 Spring Field Trip

Bruce Stoker - Cadman Quarry On Treacherous Ground 2013 Fall Field Trip   Chiwaukum Schist Cheney and Map Darington Phyllite.    Near Ice Harbor Gap Palouse Falls

Bruce Stoker               On Treahcerous          2013 Fall Field Trip            Chiwaukum Schist   Eric Cheney                 Darrington Phyllite            Wallula Gap              Near Ice Harbour      Palouse Falls
Cadman Quarry           Ground                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Dam