Columbia River Basalts


September 24, 2002
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Washington State Field Trip


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Giant underwater dunes at west bar. L to R: Devon Burr and Adina Alpert.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Giant current ripples formed during Missoula flood.
(pencil drawing: Adam Showman)
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Moses Coulee. Brandon Preblich talks about hanging valleys.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Curtis Cooper talks about climate change in front of a glacial moraine at the top of Moses Coulee, Washington.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Laszlo Kesztheyi and an outcrop of rubbly pahoehoe, a type of lava that that he first identified.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Rachel Mastrapa investigates the upper contact of the rubbly pahoehoe.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Jani Radebaugh's hand and vesicular rubbly pahoehoe.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Jani Radebaugh with the field trip guide in front of an outcrop of rubbly pahoehoe.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Me and rubbly pahoehoe.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Jonathan Fortney talked about Dry Falls, which during the catastrophic floods had water 100 meters deep flowing over it.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Dry Falls cataract.
(pencil and paper: Adam Showman)
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L to R: Curtis Cooper, Jim Richardson, Peter Lanagan, and Alfred McEwen at Dry Falls cataract.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Peter Lanagan and Jani Radebaugh, McEwenites, with Dry Falls behind them.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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A little trash talk on our van from Dave.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Soap Lake, WA. L to R: Jonathan Fortney, Mike Bland, back of someone's head, Oleg Abramov, Jay Melosh, back of Jani Radebaugh's head, Curtis Cooper, and Hirdy Miyamoto.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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L to R: Jani Radebaugh, Jonathan Fortney, Joe Plassman, John Weirich, Oleg Abramov, Mandy Proctor, and Sally house climb the Viccian boulder on the Ephrata Fan near Ephrata, Washington.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Attempt at the group shot 1: Zibi's butt.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Attempt at the group shot 2: Ross's butt. See parent page for the gimped fusion of these two.
(photo: Jason Barnes)
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Ephrata boulder.
(pencil on paper: Adam Showman)