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UPTHRUSTING PLATES: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY

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Author: FossilHuntress
Date: 2020-01-15 15:00:00
Blog: ARCHEA
URL: https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2020/01/washington-geology.html

Summary:

Two hundred million years ago, Washington was two large islands, bits of the continent on the move westward, eventually bumping up against the North American continent and calling it home. The shifting continues, subtly changing the landscape like a breath. We only notice when pockets of resistance manifest as earthquakes, some newsworthy, some all but unnoticed. For now, the more extreme

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