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Image of the Week: March 21 - 27, 2004

Pillow Basalt

Columbia River Basalt Group

The Dalles, Oregon

Pillow Basalt, Columbia River Basalt

Pillows indicate lava flowed into water

These pillows are Miocene in age, about 16 million years old

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Go to LCC Pillow Lava Image Index, with many links

Go to USGS Photo Glossary: Pillow lava

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Go to Geology of the Columbia River Gorge USFS and PSU
Go to Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge - CVO
Go to Geologic Story of the Columbia Basin - BPA
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LCC Image of the Week 12-02-04
David Cordero
dcordero@lcc.ctc.edu