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    The Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) is the youngest, smallest and one of the best-preserved continental flood basalt provinces on Earth, covering over...
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    Ontong Java Plateau, and the Chilcotin Group, though the latter may be linked to the Columbia River Basalt Group. Large igneous provinces have been connected...
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    lava. The Columbia River Basalt Group consists of seven formations: The Steens Basalt, Imnaha Basalt, Grande Ronde Basalt, Picture Gorge Basalt, Prineville...
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    large igneous provinces: the Paraná and Etendeka traps and the Columbia River Basalt Group. The latter is the most recent large igneous province, and also...
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    drainage basins. It is named for the Columbia Plateau, a flood basalt plateau formed by the Columbia River Basalt Group during the late Miocene and early...
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    distribution. The Chilcotin Group were thought to potentially be linked to the partly coeval Columbia River Basalt Group. However, its morphology and...
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  • Oregon and Washington Columbia River drainage basin, a drainage basin covering parts of U.S. and Canada Columbia River Basalt Group, a set of rock layers...
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    of these LIPs consist of basalt, but some contain large volumes of associated rhyolite (e.g. the Columbia River Basalt Group in the western United States);...
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  • categories: The Steens Basalt, Grande Ronde Basalt, the Wanapum Basalt, and the Saddle Mountains Basalt. The Columbia River flood basalt province comprises...
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    overlapping basaltic andesite shields. Basaltic andesite is a component of back-arc basin basalt suites. The Columbia River Basalt Group is composed of...
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    the subject. The Olympic–Wallowa lineament likely predates the Columbia River Basalt Group. Raisz located the OWL particularly from Cape Flattery (the northwest...
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  • composed of basalt gravel and tuffaceous sediment. The Alkali Canyon Formation overlies the Columbia River Basalt Group, a layer of flood basalt from the...
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    Ringold Formation (category Columbia River)
    consists of sediment laid down by the Columbia River following the flood basalt eruptions of the Columbia River Basalt Group, and reaches up to 1,000 feet (300 m)...
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  • volume of the Columbia River Basalt Group", in Reidel, S.P. & Hooper, P.R. (eds.), Volcanism and tectonism in the Columbia River flood basalt province Spec...
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    Ochoco Mountains, and Steens Mountain. Volcanic basalt flows from the Columbia River Basalt Group covered large sections of Eastern Oregon 6 to 17 million...
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    Geology portal Columbia River Basalt Group Emeishan Traps Geology of India Krishna Godavari Basin Lameta Formation List of flood basalt provinces List...
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    erosion, representing the last 60 million years. Basalt deposits from the Columbia River Basalt Group almost entirely surround the base of Strawberry Mountain...
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    Belt formed by north–south compression of lava flows in the Columbia River Basalt Group. The highest point is Bickleton Ridge in the west end of the...
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    state park. Underlying the Simcoe Mountains is basalt that was erupted by the Columbia River Basalt Group from vents to the east as recently as 14.5 million...
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    the east. Portions of the region are part of a basalt plateau formed by the Columbia River Basalt Group, others are part of the slopes of the Cascades...
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    mantle of variable thickness that lies upon either the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group, non-glacial Pliocene fluvial sediments of the Ringold Formation...
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    National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-10. "Columbia River Basalt Group Stretches from Oregon to Idaho | U.S. Geological Survey". www...
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    Idaho. The lake beds are interbedded with igneous rock of the Columbia River Basalt Group. The formation was originally detailed from a site in Spokane...
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    category are most basalts of the ocean floor, most large oceanic islands, and continental flood basalts such as the Columbia River Plateau. High and low...
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    Climatic Optimum (MMCO), which was driven by the emplacement of the Columbia River Basalt Group. Around 11 Ma, the Middle Miocene Warm Interval gave way to the...
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    Revisions to the estimates of the areal extent and volume of the Columbia River Basalt Group. Geological Society of America Special Papers. Vol. 239. Geol...
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    The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific...
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  • begins splitting the Farallon Plate in two. 17 Ma - 14 Ma Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group Forms. 8 Ma Miocene Onset of faulting creating the Basin and...
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    massive fissure flood basalts of the Columbia River Basalt Group. During the basalt eruptions, the southern and western Columbia Plateau, which included...
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    fissure spewing hot cinders to form the cone. In the next phase, a river of hot basalt flowed from the base of the small volcano to cover a large area to...
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