By: magic-gigapans
Image: Aaron Barth, Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 8 May 2020
Last Updated: 8 Jun 2020

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Contorted basalt columns along I-5 just north of Eugene, OR. The basalt layer (Oligocene to Pliocene) overlies a sequence of interbedded sandstone and siltstone of the Marine Eugene Formation (late Eocene to Oligocene). For one hypothesis on the columns read this blog post: http://iapetancaptain.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/mckenzie-crossing/