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The Eastern Ice Age Floods Scablands At The REACH In Richland, WashingtonOn Saturday, August 1 join Age Floods expert, Gary Kleinknecht, on The Eastern Ice Age Floods Scablands tour of the remote and less well-known southern portion of the Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract. The tour will be from 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon.

The Eastern Ice Age Floods Scablands
This tract is in close proximity to the Palouse country of eastern Washington, that is why the scablands of this area feature many streamlined loess islands separated by scablands and coulees. There are no major highways that traverse this tour’s route, so participants will view sights known by the few local residents, but very few travelers.

Features include loess islands, flood deposits at least 780,000 years old, Rock Lake, Big Cove Coulee and…

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