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NEWEST ARTICLE: U.S. Geological Survey. 2010. Facing Tomorrow's Challenges - U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2010. USGS Circular 1306. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1309/

 

Barry, T.L., S. Self, S.P. Kelley, S. Reidel, P. Hooper, M. Widdowson. New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episode. Lithos, 2010; DOI: 110.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.014

Carrapa, B. 2010. Resolving tectonic problems by dating detrital minerals. Geology. vol 38(2). p. 191-192. retrieved from http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/2/191.full.

Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources. 2010. Geologic Maps of Washington. 21 March. retrieved from http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_geologic_maps_wa.pdf.

Doughton, S. 2010. UW's geological map project struggles to survive. Seattle Times. 9 April. retrieved from http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011562107_geomap09m.html.

Stanley, D., A. Villaseñor, and H. Benz. 1999. Subduction zone and crustal dynamics of western Washington: a tectonic model for earthquake hazards evaluation, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-311. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0311/.

Washington State University (2010, April 7). Northwest lava flows could have altered Earth’s climate, wiped out species, new evidence suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100406142602.htm 

Williams, D.B. (2010, March 27). Estella Leopold (b. 1927). HistoryLink. Retrieved April 7, 2010, from http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9378