Eocene-Mid Miocene sedimentary rocks and Olympic Mountains
Eocene-Mid Miocene sedimentary rocks and Olympic Mountains
Eocene-Mid Miocene sedimentary rocks and Olympic Mountains
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<strong>Olympic</strong> Structures<br />
Core Rocks<br />
Peripheral Rocks<br />
Note faults place older rock over younger rock<br />
Modern Analogy for Crescent<br />
basalts - Icel<strong>and</strong><br />
http://www.answers.com/topic/geo<br />
graphy-of-icel<strong>and</strong><br />
E-3<br />
http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/geol<br />
ogy/HotSpots.htm<br />
Plate Reconstruction: 55 Myrs<br />
D-2<br />
Interpretation: Peripheral Rocks E-4<br />
Basalt Chemistry = Hot Spot & Divergent Zone<br />
Terrane (fault bounded)<br />
Hot Spot Isl<strong>and</strong> (Yellowstone?)<br />
Possible <strong>Eocene</strong> Reconstruction<br />
55 Myrs<br />
Supporting Evidence:<br />
Rock Age<br />
35 Myrs<br />
E-1<br />
E-3
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