Explore several interesting geologic and floods features in 6 self-guided field trips prepared by Steven Reidel and George Last for classes at Washington State University.

• Benton City Sediments Field Trip– October 16, 2020, George V. Last and  Stephen P. Reidel, Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210 Washington State University Tri-Cities. Explore early, middle and late Pleistocene Touche Beds and cataclysmic Ice Age Flood deposits and local river flash floods. The field trip encompasses 20 miles, includes 4 stops and will take approximately 2 hours to complete.

• Cameo Heights Quarry Field Trip– August 19, 2020, Stephen P. Reidel and George V. Last, Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210 Washington State University Tri-Cities. This field trip visits a single location to explore the Goose Creek member of the Columbia River Basalt, as well as a dike and a strike slip fault cutting through the outcrop. Please stay away from the quarry face as rocks often fall out unexpectedly.

• Coyote Canyon Mammoth Virtual Field Trip– 2020, George V. Last and Stephen P. Reidel – There are 3 main stops on this field trip to examine evidence of the Ice Age Floods that inundated the Tri-Cities area, and summarize the sequence of geological events as they occurred over the last 10.5 million years.

• Ginkgo Petrified Forest Virtual Field Trip– 2020, Stephen P. Reidel and George V. Last – Explore the settings and origins of the Ginkgo Petrified Forest in this virtual field trip to the Wanapum Recreation Area near Vantage, WA.

• Ice Harbor Volcano Field Trip Guide– 2020, September 26; Stephen P. Reidel, George V. Last: Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210, Washington State University Tri-Cities

• Rattlesnake Ridge Facies Field Trip– 2020, August 28: George V. Last, Stephen P. Reidel; Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210, Washington State University Tri-Cities. There are three stops on this 50+ mile road trip. The trip starts at the Benton City river access area (Recreation Area and Boat Launch) and will take approximately 2 hours to complete.

• Ringold Landslide Field Trip– 2020, September 14; George V. Last, Stephen P. Reidel; Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210, Washington State University Tri-Cities – This trip will take about a 30 minute drive from WSU-TC to the main parking area. There is also a 0.4 mile hike on a gravel road to the first stop at the Miocene-Pliocene Ringold Formation and landslide. The second stop will examine Pleistocene age Flood gravels.

• Webber Canyon Field Trip– 2020, August 25; Stephen P. Reidel, George V. Last, Prepared for Earth’s History and Evolution, School of the Environment (SOE) – 210, Washington State University Tri-Cities; We are going to look at some Touchet beds, ash layers and 3 lava flows.

• Yakima Bluffs Virtual Field Trip– 2020, George V. Last and Stephen P. Reidel – This field trip is 9 miles (about a 15 minute drive) from WSU-TC. From there it involves about 0.9 miles on unimproved trail with some bushwhacking in sometimes steep, uneven terrain. There are 4 main stops to examine the geologic history over the last 8.5 million years – starting with the oldest rocks and proceeding upward to younger and younger geologic outcrops.

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