We have learned a tremendous amount about the geology of Eastern Oregon in
the past few years thanks to the work of the Oregon Department of Geology and
Mineral Industries and the faculty and students of
The intent of Eastern Oregon Geology is to provide an on-line journal where new discoveries, particularly those by undergraduate students, can be highlighted and made available to a larger audience. We welcome your comments and suggestions for improvement!
Jay Van Tassell, Editor
Eastern Oregon Geology
Science Department- Badgley Hall
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR 97850-2899
541-962-3351; 541-962-3873 (fax); jvantass@eou.edu
VOLUME 1. Gravels.
January 2002
Editor’s Note: John Eliot Allen wrote about the Paleocene
auriferous paleotorrent in
Adam Isaacson, Sedimentology of the Catherine Creek Lane Gravels,
northeast Oregon
Drew Sherman, Flow direction of late Miocene basalt and metaquartzite
river deposits in the Starkey area, northeast Oregon
VOLUME 2.
Editor's note: This
issue is devoted to the EOU Geology program's studies of
Bryce Budlong, J.R. Collier, Calvin Davis, Rob Ledgerwood, and Jay Van Tassell,
Bathymetry and sediments of Wallowa Lake, Oregon
VOLUME 3. Sediments
and Fossils of the
Editor’s note: The discovery of fossils behind the Always
Welcome Inn in
Rob Ledgerwood, Late Miocene sediments of the Keating Valley, Oregon
Elizabeth Burton
and Jay Van Tassell, Fossil beaver (Dipoides)
tooth, Always Welcome Inn, Baker City, Oregon
April Leithner
and Jay Van Tassell, Pliocene vole fossils, Always Welcome Inn, Oregon
Jayson Kisselburg, A semi-quantitative analysis of the distribution of fossils in
the upper third of the Always Welcome Inn sequence, Baker City,