GSA Ice Age Floods field trip May 7-9/2007

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The Geological Society of America (GSA) is offering a field trip to see Ice Age Floods features in eastern Washington, May 7-9. The field trip is part of their Cordilleran Section Meeting in Bellingham, Washington. You do not have to be a member of GSA to participate in the field trip.

Flood Basalts and Ice Age Floods:

Repeated Late Cenozoic Cataclysms of Eastern Washington.

Leaders: Bruce Bjornstad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Scott Babcock, WWU; George Last, PNNL.

Mon.-Wed., May 7-9

Cost: US$300. Max. 25.

Hotel reservations are the responsibility of each trip participant. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center located at 1515 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352. The hotel phone number is +1-509-946-4121. The cost for a double occupancy room is $34/person/night.

Participants can pay extra for a single room ($60/night) if they so desire. The hotel reservation also includes a complimentary breakfast buffet on May 8 and May 9. Lunch for May 8 and May 9 will be prepared by the Clarion Hotel and the cost of the lunches is included in the trip registration fee.

Day 1 (May 7).

We'll observe CRB and Ice Age flood features near Vantage, Frenchman Coulee, and Sentinel Gap. Dinner is the responsibility of each participant.

Day 2 (May 8).

Activities include a 250-mile loop through the lower Channeled Scabland of southeastern Washington. Along the way we'll stop to look at CRB and flood features at Wallula Gap, Devils Canyon and Palouse Falls. Lunch will be provided. The trip will return to the Clarion Hotel at about 5 p.m. A catered dinner and wine tasting will be provided at the new palatial Terra Blanca Winery at 7 p.m.

Day 3 (May 9).

Activities include stops north of the Hanford Site to observe the Ringold Formation as well as more features from the Ice Age floods. Lunch will be provided.

Early registration (before April 2) = $300 ($45 registration fee plus $255 for field trip); late registration (April 2-9) = $310. Includes published 47-page field guide.

To register

go to: http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/07cdmtg.htm#reg

Registration deadline: April 9

Transportation will be via 3 vans provided by Western Washington University. For those living east of the Cascades, arrangements can be made to join up with field trip in Ellensburg or Vantage, instead of starting in Bellingham.

Questions?

Contact Bruce Bjornstad [bruce.bjornstad@pnl.gov].

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