Painted Hills
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Painted Hills is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon It totals 3,132 acres and is located 9 miles northwest of Mitchell, Oregon and 75 miles east of Bend.[1] Painted Hills is named after the colorful layers of its hills corresponding to various geological eras, formed when the area was an ancient river floodplain. The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey coloring is mudstone, siltstone, and shale.[2] The red coloring is laterite soil that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was warm and humid.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Painted Hills Unit. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
- ^ John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
- ^ John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
[edit] External links
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Homepage
- http://www.uoregon.edu/photo_archives/2004gallery/_spring/paintedhills.html
- Painted hills in Oregon photo slideshow
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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