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Oregon Geology Field Trip Guides
November 7, 2009 | Oregon Department of Geology

The Fall 2009 issue of Oregon Geology features field trip guides and information about the new state geologic map…

* Field trip guide to the middle Eocene Wildcat Mountain caldera, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, Oregon

* Field trip guide to the Oligocene Crooked River caldera: Central Oregon’s supervolcano, Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, Oregon

* Field trip guide to the Neogene stratigraphy of the Lower Crooked Basin and the ancestral Crooked River, Crook County, Oregon

* Portland, Oregon, geology by tram, train, and foot


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