Figure 1. A portion of the bedrock geology map of the Portland West quadrangle. Each area with a different color or pattern on the map represents a different rock type or a rock type of a different age (different "geologic units"). The line separating one type of rock from another or rocks of different ages is what geologists call a "contact."

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Last updated on October 6, 2005

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