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Creator:: Payne, Charles William
Abstract:: Stratigraphic measurement of the 1,238-rn thick Cowlitz Formation in the southwest Washington type section along Olequa and Stillwater creeks reveals complex facies succession of wave- to tide-dominated deltaic sequences. The underlying, 625-rn thick upper member of the McIntosh Formation (as mapped by Wells, 1981) is composed of two units: a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Moothart, Steve Rene'
Abstract:: The early to middle Eocene submarine basalts of the Crescent Formation form the core and basement of the structurally uplifted Willapa Hills region of southwest Washington. The formation consists of a thick sequence of predominantly subalkaline, tholeiitic pillow basalts and breccias formed as oceanic crust and seamounts at a sea...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Ramsay, Jessica
Abstract:: Oyster reefs provide an array of ecosystem services. Specifically, they provide structurally complex habitat for fish and invertebrate species such as the commercially important Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister. This ecosystem service, once provided by the native oyster Ostrea lurida, is now provided by the commercially cultured oyster Crassostrea gigas in...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: in Willapa Bay, WA Internship Conducted at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 23 North Coast

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