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Thu, 02/12/2015 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Ellen Morris Bishop on her New Book "Living with Thunder"
Host Gene Bradley speaks with Ellen Morris Bishop about her new book "Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of the Pacific Northwest," published by OSU Press.
The Northwest’s geologic DNA is rooted in volcanic activity. From the ancient lavas of Washington’s Selkirks, to the world-class flood-basalts that dominate the Columbia Basin, to the restless peaks of the High Cascades, the thunder of volcanic eruptions echoes through the ages. In "Living with Thunder" phtMorris Bishop offers a fascinating and up-to-date geologic survey of the Northwest—Washington, Oregon, northern California, and western Idaho. New discoveries include Smith Rock as part of Oregon’s largest (and most extinct) volcano, portraits of Mount Hood’s 1793-1795 eruptions, and new ideas about the origin of the Columbia River basalts and the course of the ancestral Columbia River.
Ellen Morris Bishop is the author of four books including the award-winning "In Search of Ancient Oregon." She holds a Ph.D. in geology from Oregon State University, with a specialty in the oldest, accreted terranes of eastern Oregon. When not teaching or writing, she is often in the field, camera in hand, documenting the geographically rich region through her world-class photography.
Image - Storm cloud over Lookout Mountain, Eastern Oregon
The Northwest’s geologic DNA is rooted in volcanic activity. From the ancient lavas of Washington’s Selkirks, to the world-class flood-basalts that dominate the Columbia Basin, to the restless peaks of the High Cascades, the thunder of volcanic eruptions echoes through the ages. In "Living with Thunder" phtMorris Bishop offers a fascinating and up-to-date geologic survey of the Northwest—Washington, Oregon, northern California, and western Idaho. New discoveries include Smith Rock as part of Oregon’s largest (and most extinct) volcano, portraits of Mount Hood’s 1793-1795 eruptions, and new ideas about the origin of the Columbia River basalts and the course of the ancestral Columbia River.
Ellen Morris Bishop is the author of four books including the award-winning "In Search of Ancient Oregon." She holds a Ph.D. in geology from Oregon State University, with a specialty in the oldest, accreted terranes of eastern Oregon. When not teaching or writing, she is often in the field, camera in hand, documenting the geographically rich region through her world-class photography.
Image - Storm cloud over Lookout Mountain, Eastern Oregon
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