Introduction: The volcanic heritage of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest geology : The big picture
The first lands : Ancient supercontinents
A planet in crisis : Snowball earth
Native shores : The Northwest's foundation
Terranes and new territory : Assembling the Northwest
Paradise found : Life in the tropics
Grasslands take the stage : Calderas and cooling
The great lava flows : Basalts flood the landscape
The great expansion : The basin and range opens
The big chill : Shifting climates
The young and the restless : High cascade volcanoes
Glaciers and floods : The Ice Age
The living landscape : Pacific Northwest geology in action
Tomorrow : Changing climates, moving plates.
