The name is perfect, even while it dramatically undersells this geologic wonder in remote southeast Oregon. It's called Crack in the Ground, a volcanic fissure 70 feet deep and 2 miles long that ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains ...

Marvin Allan Kays (“Allan”) passed away peacefully on November 21, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. He was 90 years old. Allan was born on May 13, 1934, in Princeton, Indiana to John L. Kays and Mary ...

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The secluded central Oregon landmark is an ancient volcanic eruption in the middle of what was, at the time, a freshwater sea ...

Ron Russ, left, and Eugene Genova look at Genova's collection of minerals and fossils inside Genova's basement in Wading River. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost By Claude Solnik Special to Newsday ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries is saying with the heavy rain, landslides are possible in areas of steep terrain. In addition to landslides, debris flows ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — From the Cascade volcanoes, basalt flows, to earthquakes, a groundbreaking new project looks back at Oregon’s geologic history. The Oregon Origins Project has partnered ...

GILMANTON — Former state geologist Eugene L. Boudette, 81, of Province Road, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, ... earning a bachelor of science degree in geology in 1951.

Eugene C. Robertson, 90, a geologist who helped build the Alaska Highway, died of heart disease Dec. 22 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was born in Tucumcari, N.M., and graduated from the ...

There’s a detailed geologic explanation for how Crack in the Ground formed that you can read at: bit.ly/3PRs5Jw from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains ...