Mess Creek Escarpment

Mess Creek Escarpment

The Mess Creek Escarpment is an escarpment in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Mess Creek below Mess Lake and southeast of Telegraph Creek.[1] It forms the central-western flank of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, exposing several layers of black columnar basaltic lava flows with distal rock fragments and pyroclastic rock deposits.

The Mess Creek Escarpment was named on January 2, 1980 by the Geological Survey of Canada in associated with Mess Creek.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mess Creek Escarpment". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22549.html. 



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