Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI)
The non-profit Ice Age Floods Institute presents the authoritative story of the
cataclysmic Ice Age Floods across the Pacific Northwest during recent geologic time
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Recent General Interest News
Several of the IAFI chapters are working on separate brochures highlighting key features in their area. The Lewis Lake Chapter is the first out the door with a great map and guide to flood features in their Tri-Cities region (Lake … Read more… — By Jill FitzSimmons, , reprinted from Quincy Valley Post Register What possibly could the Columbia Basin and its channeled scablands have in common with the Red Planet, millions of miles away? Turns out, more than you would think. Scientists believe … Read more… By Tim Johnson · Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – Reprinted from CascadiaWeekly.com Life. Are we unique? Are we alone? These are time-honored questions, and the answers may be approaching. Our best candidate for exploration is one of our nearest neighbors, Mars, … Read more… This episode of Grant’s Getaways features Lower Columbia President Rick Thompson and the Floods-borne erratics of the Willamette Valley Read more... One of the many steps in making the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail a reality is the development of a Long Range Interpretive Plan by and for the National Park Service who will administrate for the trail. This 108 … Read more… Check out this 2-Minute Geology expedition with Nick Zentner and Tom Foster exploring the Giant Current Ripples at West Bar and Camas Prairie. Ice age floodwater 650 feet deep – moving at 65 miles per hour – left Giant Current … Read more… You may want to ‘Like‘ the Ice Age Floods Institute Facebook page to stay abreast of all the News and Shares coming out from the Institute. We’re sharing news and articles well beyond the Floods, including geology, natural history, general articles about … Read more… Just west of Hood River is a distinctive, short (<500 m) section of stratified orangeish oxidized volcanic tephra and highly fractured lava bombs. This mixture of oxidized volcanic particles ranging down to sub-micrometer sizes mixed with the larger lava bombs is a palagonite tuff. This deposit is … Read more… Floods of lava (Columbia River Basalts) and Ice Age Floods of water (Lake Missoula floods and the Bonneville Flood) are world-famous topics among geologists. To have both sets of floods in the same area means the geology of the Inland … Read more… Lake Lewis Floodscape Brochure
Columbia Basin Plays a Hand in Mars Mission
Top Scientists Gather to Discuss Mars Exploration
Grant’s Getaways – Oregon’s Erratic Rocks
Ice Age Floods Trail – Long-range Interpretive Plan Completed
Ice Age Floods – Giant Current Ripples
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Palagonite Maar Near Hood River
Lava + Ice + Water = Floods Geology