Spring Field Trip to Lewiston Basin & Snake River

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Spring Field Trip to Lewiston Basin & Snake River

Dave Olcott led this Spring's field trip to Lewiston Basin during the week of April 30th, 2014. Keegan Schmidt gave the orientation on Wednesday April 30th at Lewis & Clark State College. Dean Garwood, and Roy Breckenridge of the Idaho Geological Survey at University of Idaho have documented the trip in their beautifully illustrated Lewiston Basin Field Trip Guide.

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Nick Zentner's "2-Minute Geology" of the Kittitas Valley

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Nick Zentner's "2-Minute Geology" of the Kittitas Valley

Nick Zentner, Senior Lecturer at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, gave a riveting lecture on the geology of the Kittitas Valley at our 79th Annual Banquet this March. Starting out with an old fashioned “chalk talk” on a large blackboard that he rolled in specially for the occasion, Nick first depicted the location of Ellensburg on a hasty but accurate drawing of Washington State. He noted that the subject of his lecture was in the center of the state, using letters to represent other points of reference such as Seattle, Spokane and Tri Cities. 

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Board Meeting Notes, April 12th, 2014

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Board Meeting Notes, April 12th, 2014

The meeting was called to order at the home of Rosemary Kenney. Board members in attendance constituting quorum were Sheila Alfsen, Janet Rasmussen, Dawn Juliano, Paul Edison-Lahm, Bev Vogt, Bo Nonn, Marty Muncie, John Piccininni, and Jane Walpole. Also in attendance were GSOC members Dave Olcott, Larry Purchase, Bart Bartels, Carol Hasenberg, Tara Schoffstall, and Doug Rasmussen. The minutes of the February 15, 2014 board meeting were approved.

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Do we need this Aggradation?

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Do we need this Aggradation?

Tom Pierson’s talk to GSOC focused on his study of the aggradation and erosion of volcanic sediment that occurred in the Rio Chaiten valley as a result of the December 2008 and February 2009 eruptions of the Chaiten volcano in the southern region of Chile. Pierson, who has worked at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory since 1981, has traveled the Pacific rim studying hydrologic and geomorphic responses to volcanic eruptions.

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