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| State | Washington |
|---|---|
| Name | Younger glacial drift |
| Geologic age | Pleistocene |
| Original map label | Qg1o |
| Comments | Principally Wisconsin in age. Includes outburst flood deposits from glacial Lake Missoula in the Channeled Scablands. |
| Primary rock type | outwash |
| Secondary rock type | stratified drift |
| Other rock types | alluvium |
| Lithologic constituents | Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, esker) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Glacial, outwash) Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, outwash) Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, outwash) Incidental
Unconsolidated (Alluvial) Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, esker) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Glacial, outwash) |
| 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., 1994, Geologic Map of the Walla Walla 1:100,000 quadrangle, Washington: Washingtone State Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open-File Report 94-3, 18 p. 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. Stoffel, K. L., Joseph, N. L., Waggoner, S. Z., Gulick, C. W., Korosec, M. A., Bunning, B. B., 1991, Geologic Map of Washington--Northeast Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map, GM-39, scale 1:250,000. Jones, M. A., 1999, Geologic Framework for the Puget Sound Aquifer System, Washington and British Columbia: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1424-C, 31 p., 18 pls. |
| Geographic coverage | Adams - Benton - Columbia - Douglas - Franklin - Grant - King - Kitsap - Kittitas - Lewis - Lincoln - Mason - Pierce - Skagit - Snohomish - Spokane - Thurston - Walla Walla - Whatcom - Whitman |
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