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that forms Earth's moving tectonic plates). In an effort to figure out why this area, far from a plate boundary, had such an enormous outpouring of lava, scientists established hardening dates for many of the individual lava flows. They found that the youngest volcanic rocks were clustered near the
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was forced into its present course by the northwesterly advancing lava. The lava, as it flowed over the area, first filled the stream valleys, forming dams that in turn caused impoundments or lakes. Entities found in these lake beds include
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are ample evidence of a concentration of heat beneath the surface. The hotspot is stationary, but the North American plate is moving over it, creating a superb record of the rate and direction of plate motion.
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Evidence suggests that some concentrated heat source is melting rock beneath the Columbia Plateau Province at the base of the lithosphere (the layer of crust and
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The subsidence of the crust produced a large, slightly depressed lava plateau. The ancient
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engulfed about 63,000 square miles (160,000 km) of the Pacific Northwest, forming a
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Although scientists are still gathering evidence, a probable explanation is that a
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material, is rising to the surface beneath the Columbia Plateau Province. Beneath
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Geology of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (source of much of this page)
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This article is about the geographic feature. For the associated ecoregion, see
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Yellowstone Plateau and that the farther west they went, the older the lavas.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia Plateau
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Guide to digital documents and photographs about the Columbia River area.
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The track of this hot spot starts in the west and sweeps up to
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Plateau in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in the United States
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Part of the Columbia Plateau is associated with the
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Index

Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)

Columbia River Basalt Group
geologic
geographic
U.S. states
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
flood basalt
Cascade Range
Rocky Mountains
Columbia River
Columbia River Basalt Group
Miocene
Pliocene
flood basalt
large igneous province
Imnaha Basalt
Columbia River
fossil
petrified wood
upper mantle
hot spot
mantle
Hawaii
Iceland
boundary between the core and mantle
Yellowstone National Park
geysers

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