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Snavely, P. D., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Pearl, J.E., Rau, W.W. (1979) Makah Formation--a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-581) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79581

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Reference Type	Report (issue)
Title	Makah Formation--a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Report	Open-File Report
Authors	Snavely, P. D.		Author
	Niem, A.R.		Author
	MacLeod, N.S.		Author
	Pearl, J.E.		Author
	Rau, W.W.		Author
Year	1979	Volume	1979
Issue	< 79-581 >
Publisher	US Geological Survey
URL	https://pubs.er.usgs.gov:443/publication/ofr79581
DOI	doi:10.3133/ofr79581Search in ResearchGate
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Mindat Ref. ID	751670	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:751670:6
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Full Reference	Snavely, P. D., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Pearl, J.E., Rau, W.W. (1979) Makah Formation--a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-581) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79581
Plain Text	Snavely, P. D., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Pearl, J.E., Rau, W.W. (1979) Makah Formation--a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-581) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79581
In	(1979) Open-File Report Vol. 1979. US Geological Survey

👁 Image	Snavely, P. D., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Pearl, J.E., Rau, W.W. (1980) Makah Formation; a deep-marginal-basin sequence of late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Professional Paper 1162b. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1162b
👁 Image	Snavely, P.D., MacLeod, N.S., Niem, A.R., Minasian, D.L. (1986) Geologic map of the Cape Flattery area, northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1986 (86-344) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr86344b
👁 Image	Snavely, P.D., Rau, W.W., Hafley, D.J. (1986) Tertiary foraminiferal localities in the Cape Flattery area, northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1986 (86-344) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr86344a
👁 Image	Wells, Ray E., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Snavely, P.D., Niem, W.A. (1983) Preliminary geologic map of the west half of the Vancouver (Washington-Oregon) 1 degree x 2 degree Quadrangle, Oregon. Open-File Report Vol. 1983 (83-591) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr83591
👁 Image	Snavely, Parke Detweiler, Niem, A.R., MacLeod, Norman S. (1989) Geology of the coastal area between Cape Flattery and Cape Alava, Northwest Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-141) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89141
👁 Image	Snavely, P. D., Gower, H.D., Yount, J.C., Pearl, J.E., Tagg, A.R., Lee, J.W. (1976) High resolution seismic profiles adjacent to Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1976 (76-187) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr76187
👁 Image	*McDougall, Kristin A. (1979) Paleoecological evaluation of Late Eocene biostratigraphic zonations on the west coast. Open-File Report* Vol. 1979 (79-934) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79934**
👁 Image	*Colvocoresses, Alden P. (1979) Notes on experimental Wenatchee, Washington. Open-File Report* Vol. 1979 (79-1056) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr791056**
👁 Image	Hansley, Paula L., Johnson, Ronald C. (1979) Preliminary results of mineralogic and diagenetic studies of low-permeability sandstones of Late Cretaceous age, Piceance Creek basin, northwestern Colorado. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-1702) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr791702
👁 Image	*, (1979) Aeromagnetic map of the Cascade Pass area, Washington. Open-File Report* Vol. 1979 (79-1645) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr791645**
👁 Image	Snavely, P.D., Gower, H.D., Yount, J.C., Pearl, J.E., Tagg, A.R., Lee, J.W., Lander, D.L. (1978) Notes on acquisition of high-resolution seismic profiles in southern Puget Sound, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1978 (78-328) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr78328

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Snavely, P. D., Niem, A.R., MacLeod, N.S., Pearl, J.E., Rau, W.W. (1979) Makah Formation--a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of Late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-581) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79581

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