Usage:
Goble Volcanics (OR*,WA*)
Goble Volcanics Member of Cowlitz Formation (OR,WA)
Goble Member of Cowlitz Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, early*
Eocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Excellent exposures near town of Goble, WA, and along both sides of Columbia River especially between Woodland and Kelso, WA, along U.S. Highway 99 (Warren and others, 1945).
AAPG geologic province:
Cascades province*
Oregon-Washington Coast Ranges province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).