Cataclysms on the Columbia
The Great Missoula Floods
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geology
| Author: | John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Scott Burns | ISBN: | 9781932010466 |
| Publisher: | Ooligan Press | Publication: | January 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Ooligan Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Scott Burns |
| ISBN: | 9781932010466 |
| Publisher: | Ooligan Press |
| Publication: | January 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Ooligan Press |
| Language: | English |
Cataclysms on the Columbia tells two stories. One follows geological research that challenged the scientific paradigm of the early 20th century, and the other chronicles the result of that research: the discovery of powerful prehistoric floods that shaped the Pacific Northwest. The cataclysms at the end of the last Ice Age left a scabland of buttes, dry falls, and rocky gorges, but it took the detective work of geologist J Harlen Bretz to prove it to the world. His lifetime of research and unshakeable belief changed geology forever.
Cataclysms on the Columbia tells two stories. One follows geological research that challenged the scientific paradigm of the early 20th century, and the other chronicles the result of that research: the discovery of powerful prehistoric floods that shaped the Pacific Northwest. The cataclysms at the end of the last Ice Age left a scabland of buttes, dry falls, and rocky gorges, but it took the detective work of geologist J Harlen Bretz to prove it to the world. His lifetime of research and unshakeable belief changed geology forever.
