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Mount Tabor (Oregon)

Mount Tabor (Oregon) is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mount Tabor (Oregon) rather than just read about it. In short: Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic vent with a city park on the volcano, located in Portland, Oregon's neighborhood of the same name. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel.

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Reference excerpt

Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic vent with a city park on the volcano, located in Portland, Oregon's neighborhood of the same name. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel. It was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton Kelly.

History The Chinook people lived on the land around Mount Tabor before American settlers moved in. A massive fire erupted in 1846 east of what is now the Lents area and spread up to the Columbia River, which allowed them to settle on the land. The mountain was named by Plympton Kelly, the son of 1800's pioneer Clinton Kelly upon the construction of a schoolhouse nearby. He had contested the name Mount Zion proposed by his father, and suggested taking the name of Mount Tabor in Palestine (what is now Israel) based on a book he read about The 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor in Napoleon's conquests. After the establishment of Mount Tabor, more settlers moved into the area, forming a community with its own post office and judicial district. On March 5th, 1886, 50 masked men went with guns to round up over 100 Chinese workers on the mountain and had forcefully deported them via boat. The development of railroads between Mount Tabor and the city center began in 1889 and led to many more people building homes on the mountain, increasing to 200 homes at the time.

Cinder cone

The peak of Mount Tabor is at 636 feet (194 m) in elevation; about two-thirds of this is prominence since the surrounding land is at about 200 feet (61 m) in elevation. Near the peak, where a basketball court and outdoor amphitheater are now situated, part of the cinder cone has been cut away, and the rock is visible to park visitors. The remaining cinders were used to pave the nearby parking lot. The Tabor cinder cone is part of the Boring Lava Field, an extensive network of cinder cones and small shield volcanoes ranging from Boring, Oregon, to southwest Washington, and dating to the Plio-Pleistocene era. The lava field has been extinct for over 300,000 years. Three other cinder cones from this field also lie within the city of Portland: Rocky Butte, Powell Butte, and Kelly Butte. Portland is one of six cities in the United States to have an extinct volcano (Mount Tabor) within its boundaries. Bend is the only other city in Oregon with a volcano within its city limits, with Pilot Butte. Jackson Volcano in Jackson, Mississippi, Diamond Head in Honolulu, Glassford Hill in Prescott Valley, Arizona and Pilot Knob in Austin, Texas being the others. The volcanic nature of Mount Tabor became known in 1913, when a road-building crew discovered traces of volcanic cinders in the park.

Park

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mount Tabor (Oregon)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mount Tabor (Oregon) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mount Tabor (Oregon) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mount Tabor (Oregon) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mount Tabor (Oregon)

In research: Mount Tabor (Oregon) appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mount Tabor (Oregon) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mount Tabor (Oregon) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1903 establishments in Oregon, Cascade Volcanoes, Cinder cones of the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mount Tabor (Oregon) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Mount Tabor (Oregon) in simple terms?

Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic vent with a city park on the volcano, located in Portland, Oregon's neighborhood of the same name. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel.

Why does Mount Tabor (Oregon) matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mount Tabor (Oregon)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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