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Quoted from In Search of Ancient Oregon, by Ellen Morris Bishop- “Red bands in the Painted hills record soils that developed in wetter Oligocene climates, and yellow bands, under drier conditions. Black dots and streaks are manganese nodules that may have been created by manganese-fixing plants.”

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