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Rhyolite Erratic Floods Evidence

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News Release Date: May 28, 2021

Ice Age Floods rafted a two-ton igneous rock not normally found in Oregon's Willamette Valley to Tualatin. It was discovered during excavation for the new Lakeridge Junior High School. The Rhyolite is mottled yellow, brown and greenish rock which likely came from the mountains of British Columbia, Canada or Montana.

This story was widely coverd in the press. Here are links to those articles:

Tualatin Life Newspaper https://tualatinlife.com/featured/rare-geological-find-is-headed-to-tualatin/

PSU Website Portland State professor identifies 15,000 year old boulder at site of new Lake Oswego middle school 
 

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