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The Coastal Ranges of Washington and Oregon. Yao Yao and Tyler Szwarc. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Northern_Oregon_Coast.jpg. Part of the Pacific Coast Ranges Three Geographic Areas: Olympic Mountains, Willapa Hills, Oregon Coast Ranges. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Coastal Ranges of Washington and Oregon
Yao Yao and Tyler Szwarc http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Northern_Oregon_Coast.jpg
• Part of the Pacific Coast Ranges• Three Geographic Areas: Olympic Mountains,
Willapa Hills, Oregon Coast Ranges
• Precipitation 60-240 inches • Temperature 32F-53F
Depth (km)
Structure VP-Wave (km/s)
1-3 Near Surface Crust
2.9-5.2
3-30 Upper/Middle Crust
6.1-6.5
30-45 Lower Crust 7
45 Moho
Physical Characteristics• Elevation ranges from sea level to 1248 m (Marys
Peak)• Average elevation is 460 m• Bedrock geology primarily consists of pillow lavas
and basalt flows
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/laubasin/images/pillow_lava1-lores.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/OregonCoastRangeRocks.JPG/800px-OregonCoastRangeRocks.JPG
Late Cretaceous (66 Ma)
Late Eocene (36 Ma)
Present Day
Pillow Lavas (Purple)Basalt (Red)
500 km
500 km
500 km
North
North
North
South
South
South