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Marine facies

Basaltic clastic rocks and pillow lavas, locally mapped separately by Wells and others (1983). Foraminiferal assemblages are assigned to the lower part of the Narizian Stage of Mallory (1959); see Wells and others (1983) for summary
StateOregon
NameMarine facies
Geologic ageMiddle Eocene to Late Eocene
Original map labelTtvm
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock typevolcanic breccia (agglomerate)
Other rock typesandesite; dacite; sandstone; siltstone; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Pyroclastic, tuff)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Pyroclastic, tuff)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Pyroclastic, tuff)
Map references
Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Wells, R.E., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Snavely P.D., Jr., and Niem, W.A., 1983, Preliminary geologic map of the west half of the Vancouver (Washington-Oregon) 1ø by 2ø quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-591, scale 1:250,000.
Mallory, V.S., 1959, Lower Tertiary biostratigraphy of the California Coast Ranges: Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 416 p.
Geographic coverageTillamook

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