Roadside Geology of Idaho - Table of Contents
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The Big Picture
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1
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Continental Crust, Oceanic Crust
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1
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The Mantle
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4
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Plate Tectonics
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4
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Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
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5
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Oceanic Ridges - Separating Plates
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6
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Oceanic Trenches - Colliding Plates
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7
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Transform Faults - Sliding Plates
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9
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Ancient History of Idaho
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10
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Antique Sedimentary Formations
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10
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The Great Precambrian Continental Rift
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13
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Paleozoic Sedimentary Formations
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15
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The Phantom Antler Mountains
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15
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Mesozoic Sedimentary Formations
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16
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The Big Plate Collision
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16
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The Kootenay Arc
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18
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The Early Western Welt
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18
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The Overthrust Belt
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19
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The Western Mylonite
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20
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Islands that Came into Port
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21
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The Trench Jumps West - Twice
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22
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Is Something Important Missing?
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23
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Eocene Complications
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24
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Western Cascades, Columbia Plateau, High Cascades
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25
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Basin and Range
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27
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The Snake River Plain
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28
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A Conspiracy of Events
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29
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The Deccan Connection
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29
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The Terminal Cretaceous Calamity
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31
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Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, Basin and Range
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33
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What if It Hadn't Happened?
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36
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Questions Waiting For Answers
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37
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The Changing Climates of Tertiary Time
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37
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The Excessively Mild Weather of Early Tertiary Time
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38
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The First Long Dry Spell
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38
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Tropical Idaho
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39
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Pliocene Sediment
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41
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Ice Age Glaciation
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42
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The Modern Streams Begin to Flow
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44
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The Panhandle
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48
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The Belt Basin
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48
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Diabase Sills
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50
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The Vanished Precambrian World
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52
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The Kaniksu Batholith and the Purcell Trench
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57
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The Coeur d'Alene Ores
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59
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Glaciation
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60
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Glacial Lake Missoula
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61
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Interstate 90: Spokane - Missoula
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65
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US 2: Newport - Montana
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73
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US 95: Coeur d'Alene - British Columbia
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83
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Central Idaho
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92
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The Plate Tectonic Scene
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93
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The Early Mountain Welt
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93
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The Mountains Spread East
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94
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The Migratory Islands Come Home
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97
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The Old Continental Margin
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98
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The Bitterroot and Atlanta Batholiths
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100
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Granite, Gneiss, and Schist
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102
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The Eocene Scene
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105
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Dikes, Granite, and Rhyolite
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108
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Columbia Plateau and the Basin and Range
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111
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Flood Basalts and Tropical Lakes
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111
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Basin and Range
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114
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Frontier Mining
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115
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Placer Mining
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116
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Hardrock Mining
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117
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Scams
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119
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Cyanide
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120
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The Ice Ages
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121
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Cold Climate Erosion
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122
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US 12: Lewiston - Kooskia
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123
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Kooskia - Lolo Pass
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130
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US 93: Arco - Challis
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140
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Challis - Lost Trail Pass
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148
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Salmon River Canyon
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158
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US 95: Payette - New Meadows
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166
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New Meadows - Lewiston
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173
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Lewiston - Coeur d'Alene
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185
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Hells Canyon
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192
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Idaho 3 / 97: Lewiston - Interstate 90
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199
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Idaho 21: Boise - Stanley
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205
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Idaho 28: Salmon - Interstate 15
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211
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Idaho 55: Boise - New Meadows
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216
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Idaho 75: Shoshone - Challis
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223
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Snake River Plain
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234
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The Western Snake River Plain
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236
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The Main Snake River Plain
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237
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The Yellowstone Volcano
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240
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The Volcanic Lowland
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242
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Second Generation Volcanoes
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242
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Basalt Flows
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245
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That Nice Fresh Volcanic Surface
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247
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The Ice Ages
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248
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The Great Bonneville Flood
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248
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Patterned Ground
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252
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Interstate 15: Pocatello - Monida Pass
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254
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Interstate 84: Ontario - Mountain Home
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259
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Interstate 84: Mountain Home - Interstate 86
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265
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Interstate 86: Interstate 84 - Pocatello
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272
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US 20: Mountain Home - Arco
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282
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Craters of the Moon
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287
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US 20: Arco - Idaho Falls
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294
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Idaho Falls - Targhee Pass
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298
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US 93: Nevada Line - Carey
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310
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US 95: Weiser - Jordan Valley, Oregon
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318
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Idaho 51: Mountain Home - Nevada Line
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324
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The Southeastern Mountains
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328
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Sedimentary Rock Formations |
329
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The Rocky Mountains
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332
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Does Idaho Have Oil Wells in its Future?
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334
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Core Complexes
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335
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The Basin and Range |
336
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The Ice Ages and Lake Bonneville
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338
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Interstate 15: Pocatello - Utah
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341
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Interstate 84: Interstate 86 - Utah
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348
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US 26: Idaho Falls - Wyoming
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357
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US 30: Interstate 15 - Wyoming
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361
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US 89: Utah - Wyoming
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372
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If You Want to Read More
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379
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Glossary
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381
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Index
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388
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