The Pacific Northwest is a unique geologic area. Layers and layers of rock, ash and soil, formed over millions of years, tell the stories of volcanoes, earthquakes, floods and glacier movement. Within these layers there is also evidence of human activity, buried forests and ancient animals. Have you every wondered why there are so many beautiful waterfalls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge but not on the Washington side? Or, why are so few dinosaur fossils found in the Northwest? You’ll find the answers in the videos of CWU professor Nick Zentner, below.
Featured Geologist: Nick Zentner, CWU Professor Nick on the Rocks Ape Cave Columns of Basalt Lava Goldilocks Miracles of the Palouse Nick on the Rocks – Season 3 Premiere Smith Rock Caldera Steamboat in the Desert Lectures Bridge of the Gods Landslide Ghost Volcanoes in the Cascades Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest Ebooks Exceptional Mountains The Great Basin Guide to Geology of the Cascade Range Oregon Geology A Peculiar River Stories in Stone Too High and Too Steep Why Geology Matters Evideos Full-rip 9.0: the Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest Inside the Volcano Roadside Geology of Oregon Rocks and Minerals Tsunami What is Geology? Articles The Floods that Carved the West Igneous Rock Associations 15: The Columbia River Basalt Group: A Flood Basalt Province in the Pacific Northwest James Dwight Dana and John Strong Newberry in the US Pacific Northwest: the Roots of American Fluvialism Upper Mantle Tomography Beneath the Pacific Northwest Interior Websites GEDOLEX: National Geologic Map Database Ice Age Floods Institute: Pacific NW Geology References New Lands Along an Old Coast: Building the Pacific Northwest Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries >