Digital copies of the most of the field trip Guidebooks are available for current NWGS members to download. If you would like any of the Guidebooks that are available, click on the number, then, on the page that opens, click on the Guidebook title. Note that your membership must be up to date (membership is open to anybody). If you have any membership issues, please contact the NWGS Secretary at [email protected] .
Unfortunately, not all Guidebooks are available.
| Image | Field Guide Number | Title and Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Field Guide 055 | (Available Spring, 2022) Sky Cooley, 2021, Calcretes and Implications for Cascade and YFB Tectonism, Othello … | September 17, 2021 |
 | Field Guide 054 | Bush, T.A., Vick, H., and Smith, C., Jr., 2019, Exotic Terranes of the Cascade Range: … | June 1, 2019 |
 | Field Guide 053 | Cheney, E.S., 2018, Floods, Flows, Faults, Glaciers, Gold, and Gneisses from Quincy to Chelan to … | May 18, 2018 |
| Field Guide 052 | (Not Available) Bennett, George, 2017, Field Trip to Silica Quarries of Southeastern Pierce County | September 23, 2017 | |
 | Field Guide 051 | Cheney, E.S., 2017, Geology of the Sanpoil Syncline and the Okanogan Metamorphic Core Complex, North-Central … | May 5, 2017 |
 | Field Guide 050 | Goodman, K.S., Ed., 2016, Grand Geologic Tour of Scotland (12.3 MB) | June 21, 2016 |
| Field Guide 049 | (Not Available) Quarry Personnel, 2016, Field Trip to the Iron Mountain and CEMEX quarries near … | May 7, 2016 | |
 | Field Guide 048 | Aldrich, Jim, 2015, Olympic Mountains Geologic Field Trip (12.7 MB) | October 3, 2015 |
 | Field Guide 047 | Cheney, E. S., Cowan, D. S, and Grupp, S. R., 2015, Some Geologic Highlights of … | April 24, 2015 |
 | Field Guide 046 | Geology of the Continental Margin of Ancestral North America: Laurentia in Northeastern Washington (5.0 MB) | October 4, 2014 |
 | Field Guide 045 | Haugerud, R. A., 2014, The Seattle Fault Zone on Southern Bainbridge Island (1.9 MB) | May 17, 2014 |
 | Field Guide 044 | Stoker et al., 2013, The Cadman High Rock Quarry (2.8 MB) | November 16, 2013 |
 | Field Guide 043 | Cheney, E.S., 2013, Fidalgo Island Field Trip (4.2 MB) | May 5, 2013 |
 | Field Guide 042 | Cheney, E. S., 2012, Geology of the Eastern Flank of the Central Cascade Range | September 8, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 1 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 1 of 6 (1.9 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 2 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 2 of 6 (8.4 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 3 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 3 of 6 (2.4 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 4 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 4 of 6 (7.5 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 5 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 5 of 6 (4.8 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 041, Part 6 of 6 | Guðjonsson, K. A., 2012, Iceland Land of Ice and Fire, Part 6 of 6 (11.8 … | August 14, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 040 | Reidel, S. P., and Tolan, T. L., 2012, The Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Columbia … | May 19, 2012 |
 | Field Guide 039 | Troost, Kathy, and Sofield, Darrell, 2011, Jökulhlaups From Glacial Lake Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington (27.7 … | October 15, 2011 |
 | Field Guide 038 | Sherod, Brian, 2011, Evidence for Late Quaternary and Holocene Earthquakes in Western and Central Washington … | June 11, 2011 |
 | Field Guide 037 | Tucker, David, and Scott, Kevin, 2011, Volcanic Deposits at Mt. Baker, Washington: Tephra, Lava, Cinder … | October 2, 2010 |
 | Field Guide 036 | Hammond, Paul, 2010, Stratigraphy and Structure of Grande Ronde Basalt in the Naches River Area, … | June 12, 2010 |
 | Field Guide 035 | Bush, Tom, Simmons, Lynn, and Swanson, Don, 2009, Geology of Kilauea Volcano and Nearby Locations … | September 17, 2009 |
| Field Guide 034 | Cheney, E. S., 2009, Floods, Folds, Faults, Glaciers, Gold, Gneisses, From Quincy to Chelan to … | June 13, 2009 |
 | Field Guide 033 | Dougan, Bernie, 2008, Field Trip to Cypress Island, San Juan Islands, Northwest Washington (3.6 MB) | September 27, 2008 |
| Field Guide 032 | Bjornstad, Bruce, 2008, The Ice Age Floods Through the Western Channeled Scablands (2.7 MB) | June 21, 2008 |
| Field Guide 031 | Cheney, E. S., 2007, The Chiwaukum Structural Low on the Eastern Flank of the Cascade … | September 22, 2007 |
| Field Guide 030 | (Not Available) Dougan, Bernie, 2007, The Geology of Western Washington | June 6, 2007 | |
| Field Guide 029 | (Not Available) Niem, Allen, 2006, Invasive Columbia River Basalts | September 30, 2006 | |
| Field Guide 028 | (Not Available) Doughty, Ted, Cheney, E. S., and Buddington, Andy, 2006, The Priest River Complex | June 2, 2006 | |
| Field Guide 027 | (Not Available) Gardner, C., 2005, Mt. St. Helens | October 9, 2005 | |
| Field Guide 026 | (Not Available) Klauson, J., Kendell, S., 2005, The Art of Shaping Stone (workshop) | September 2, 2005 | |
| Field Guide 025 | (Not Available) Kelley, D., 2005, Lost City Hydrothermal Field (video screening) | June 11, 2005 | |
| Field Guide 024 | Doughty, Ted, Buddington, Andy, Derkey, Bob, 2005, Continental Margin Geology of Northeastern Washington (593 KB) | June 4, 2005 |
| Field Guide 023 | Reidel, S. P., 2004, The Geologic Development of the Pasco Basin, South-Central Washington (2.3 MB) | October 16, 2004 |
| Field Guide 022 | (Not Available) Bennett, George, 2004, Mines and Rocks of Southwestern Washington | June 12, 2004 | |
| Field Guide 021 | (Not Available) Cheney, E. S., 2003, Geology of the Eastern Flank of the Cascade Range | September 11, 2003 | |
| Field Guide 020 | (Not Available) Hull, Joe, 2003, Evidence of Quakes and Tsunamis on Southwestern Washington’s Coast | May 30, 2003 | |
| Field Guide 019 | Tolan, T. L., Beeson, M. H., and Lindsey, K. A., 2002, The Effects of Volcanism … | September 28, 2002 |
 | Field Guide 018 | Laprade, W. L., Booth, D. B., and Sherod, B. L., 2002, Seattle Geology (4.5 MB) | June 8, 2002 |
| Field Guide 017 | Journeay, Murray, 2001, Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia (1.5 MB) | September 28, 2001 |
| Field Guide 016 | Brunengo, M. J., 2002, The Van Zandt Dike Landslide and a Medley of Other Mass … | June 3, 2001 |
| Field Guide 015 | Thorsen, G. W., 2002, Whidbey Island Quaternary Sediments (2.3 MB) | June 2, 2001 |
| Field Guide 014 | Pringle, P. K., Scott, Kevin, Driedger, Carolyn, Vallance, Jim, Frank, Dave, Schroedel, Richard, 2000, Mt. … | October 7, 2000 |
| Field Guide 013 | Haugerud, R. A., and Haeussler, Peter, 2000, The Bedrock Geology of Seattle (638 KB) | May 20, 2000 |
| Field Guide 012 | Cheney, E. S., 1999, The Geology of Quartz Creek: Plutons, Copper Mineralization, and Alteration of … | November 9, 1999 |
| Field Guide 011 | Troost, K. G., Booth, D. B., and Pringle, Patrick, 1999, Quaternary Geology of the Tacoma … | June 26, 1999 |
| Field Guide 010 | Cheney, E. S., 1998, The Geology of North-Central Washington (4.4 MB) | October 29, 1998 |
| Field Guide 009 | Stewart, Dick, 1998, Field Trip to the Western Olympic Mountains Washington (2.6 MB) | June 26, 1998 |
| Field Guide 008 | (Not Available) Bennett, G. R., Clark, R., Knoblach, D. A., 1997, Mines and Geology of … | September 20, 1997 | |
| Field Guide 007 | Cowan, S. D., and Charnley, Donn, 1997, The Geology of the San Juan and Lopez … | June 6, 1997 |
| Field Guide 006 | Haugerud, R. A., Mahoney, J. B., and Dragovitch, J. D., 1996, Geology of the Methow … | September 5, 1996 |
| Field Guide 005 | Bush, T. A., and Cheney, E. S., 1996, Guide to the Geology in the Vicinity … | June 8, 1996 |
| Field Guide 004 | Haugerud, R. A., 1995, The Northwest Cascades System in the Baker River and North Fork … | September 16, 1995 |
| Field Guide 003 | Cheney, E. S., 1993, The Geology of Northeastern Washington (2.8 MB) | September 18, 1993 |
| Field Guide (unnumbered) | Easterbrook, D. J., 1992, Guidebook for NW Geological Society Field Trip to Whidbey Island (12.7 … | May 25, 1992 |
| Field Guide 002 | Booth, D. B., 1990, Pleistocene Deposits and Subglacial Landforms of the Southeastern Puget Sound Lowland … | June 9, 1990 |
| Field Guide 001 | Brown, E. H., 1989, Geology of the Skagit Crystalline Core and the Northwest Cascades System … | October 7, 1989 |