Quaternary nonmarine deposits (WAQce;0)

State	Washington
Name	Quaternary nonmarine deposits
Geologic age	Pleistocene
Original map label	Qce
Comments	"Water-laid material locally" probably refers to glaciolacustrine deposits (eskers, outwash flood) from late Pleistocene-Holocene (Spokane?) glaciation which carved the Channeled Scablands (coulees and dry valleys in Columbia Plateau). Located primarily in Channeled Scablands.
Primary rock type	loess
Secondary rock type	glaciolacustrine
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Eolian, Loess) Incidental Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial) Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Boulders (Glacial) Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial)
Map references	Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references	Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000. Easterbrook, D. J., 1976a, Quaternary Geology of the Pacific Northwest, in Mahaney, W.C., ed., Quaternary Stratigraphy of North America: Stroudsberg, PA, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, p. 441-462. Schuster, J. E., Gulick, C.W., Reidel, S. P., Fecht, K. R., Zurenko, S., 1997, Geologic Map of Washington--Southeast Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map GM-45, scale 1:250,000. Bretz, J. H., 1923, The Channeled Scablands of the Columbia Plateau: The Journal of Geology, v. 31, no. 8, p. 617-649.
Geographic coverage	Adams - Asotin - Benton - Columbia - Douglas - Franklin - Garfield - Grant - Kittitas - Klickitat - Lincoln - Spokane - Walla Walla - Whitman - Yakima