Swauk Prairie phase (informal) of Kittitas Drift (WA)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Till facies: roadcut Highway 97 at northwest end of Swauk Prairie, in SE/4 NW/4 sec. 28, T. 20 N., R. 17 E., and canal cut on Thorp Prairie, in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 30, T. 19 N., R. 17 E., Kittitas Co., WA. Outwash facies: roadcut near distal margin of Thorp Prairie moraine, upper Yakima River drainage basin, Kittitas Co., WA (Porter, 1976).
Cascades province
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