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Stefan and Alexis are headed to Olympic National Park in Washington state to bring you some of the coolest geology stories there. This week, they explore why Mount Olympus should be taller than Mount Everest.
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonic.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224962324_Late_Cenozoic_exhumation_of_the_Cascadia_accretionary_wedge_in_the_Olympic_Mountains_northwest_Washington_State
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6c07/ee442352300fbd2a75713c0a513b72d3943b.pdf
https://pnsn.org/blog/2016/08/15/why-aren-t-there-any-volcanoes-in-the-olympic-mountains
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geosc10/node/1813
https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/olym/olym21.html
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2001JB000288
https://books.google.com/books?id=JpO0Gq0mdkQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=isostatic+rebound+olympic+peninsula&source=bl&ots=o6hLKFRWxM&sig=ACfU3U3cx-_pC1VF4moEinGj8SCWECuVWA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEp62tg6jmAhXOuZ4KHRZ5D7IQ6AEwBHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=isostaticreboundolympicpeninsula&f=false
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https://www.burkemuseum.org/geo_history_wa/CascadeEpisode.htm
Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mount-olympus-3d-render-topographic-map-horizon-gm1071039786-286609233
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hurricane-ridge-olympic-national-park-gm186752559-27359206
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/mt-olympus-in-the-olympic-national-park-gm1133720864-300997802
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