<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">How to build the horseshoe of the Olympic Mountains, Washington?</b><br></p><div><b>Dr. Nancy Price</b> - Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh<br></div></div><div><b>Friday February 25th, 3:30pm.</b></div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div><div><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The horseshoe-shaped map pattern </span><span style="color:black">of </span><span style="color:black">the Crescent </span><span style="color:black">Formation </span><span style="color:black">basalt </span><span style="color:black">in the mountains </span><span style="color:black">of </span><span style="color:black">Olympic </span><span style="color:black">National Park in NW </span><span style="color:black">Washington </span><span style="color:black">State </span><span style="color:black">is an iconic feature. Despite decades of research, how it formed is still a topic of debate. In this talk, I present field and microscale evidence that sheds new light on that debate.</span></font></p></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">For questions or additional information about the event please contact Mark Lesser at <a href="mailto:mless004@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">mless004@plattsburgh.edu</a></div></div></div>