Geology of Table Rocks

Name: Geology of Table Rocks
Start: 2025-09-11T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-11T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR, United States, Oregon 97470

Schedule

Thu Sep 11 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR, United States, Oregon 97470 | Roseburg, OR

Larry Broeker, a retired geologist at Umpqua National Forest, will discuss the geology, geomorphology, and geoecology of the Table Rocks located in Jackson County north of Central Point.
Around 7 million years ago, a massive outpouring of runny lava swept down the ancestral canyon of the Rogue River 44 miles from source fissure(s) thought to be buried beneath Olson Mountain, an extinct High Cascades shield volcano located a few miles east-southeast of Lost Creek Lake.
The lava spread across the northern part of the Rogue Valley and solidified to a depth varying between 100 and 200 feet.
Over the past seven millennia, tectonic forces and geologic processes have imperceptibly transformed the Rogue Valley into the present-day iconic horseshoe-shaped landforms of Table Rocks.