{"id":140,"date":"2017-09-18T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T01:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2017-09-22T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:29:45","slug":"roadside-columnar-basalt-from-lava-flow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/roadside-columnar-basalt-from-lava-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside columnar basalt from lava flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Location:<\/b> Columnar basalt <b>elevn:<\/b> 523m. <b>Lat.<\/b> 50.07124 <b>Long.<\/b> -123.093<\/p>\n<p><b>Direct Google URL:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/50%C2%B004%2716.5%22N+123%C2%B005%2733.6%22W\/@50.0467304,-123.1038617,1712a,35y,6.73h,58.01t\/data=%213m1%211e3%214m5%213m4%211s0x0:0x0%218m2%213d50.0712375%214d-123.0926535?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> This link takes you to a prepared viewpoint.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hazard type:<\/b> vo<\/p>\n<p><b>Short Description:<\/b> Columnar basalt illustrating the volcanoic history of the Vancouver to Whistler region.<\/p>\n<p><b>Long Description:<\/b> Many resources can provide insight about the amazing volcanic history of the landscape along the 60 km of highway 99 between Squamish and Whistler. See media 1 for a Google street view looking at westside roadcut showing basalt flow features.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainlifemedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Enviro1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nRoughly 6m high columnar basalt, a 5 minute walk off Highway 99.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/publications.gc.ca\/site\/eng\/9.692972\/publication.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media1<\/a>:<\/b> Find the &#8220;View&#8221; link for this fantastic, very accessible 34 page brochure about the geology between Vancouver and Whistler. It is full of well-research information and photos, diagrams and maps. Free, and terrific.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/@50.0730898,-123.0921104,3a,60y,326.31h,91.96t\/data=%213m6%211e1%213m4%211s5u15aMWUIW5mxpR4EC6Orw%212e0%217i13312%218i6656?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media2<\/a>:<\/b> Street view of columnar basalt flows along Highway 99.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eoas.ubc.ca\/data\/courses\/eosc114\/resources\/flow1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here for a high-resolution zooming view (new window). <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/files\/2017\/08\/newpage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-70 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/files\/2017\/08\/aug01-177_resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/files\/2017\/08\/aug01-177_resize.jpg 512w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/files\/2017\/08\/aug01-177_resize-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Columnar basalt elevn: 523m. Lat. 50.07124 Long. -123.093 Direct Google URL: This link takes you to a prepared viewpoint. Hazard type: vo Short Description: Columnar basalt illustrating the volcanoic history of the Vancouver to Whistler region. Long Description: Many resources can provide insight about the amazing volcanic history of the landscape along the 60 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22035,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}