By Roy M. Breckenridge, Brian F. Atwater, Victor R. Baker, Alan J. Busacca, Richard L. Chambers, Robert R. Curry, Larry G. Hanson,
Published by way of the yank Geophysical Union as a part of the sphere journey Guidebooks sequence, quantity 310.
This box advisor describes the geology of Pleistocene glacial Lake Missoula and the Channeled Scabland of the northwestern usa. Catastrophic floods created by means of outbursts from this glacially dammed lake created the most important recognized floods on the planet. The path of this journey, proven in determine 1, follows the trail of the water from Missoula, Montana, via glacial Lake Missoula, on prior the world of ice dams in Idaho, down a few of the significant scabland channel structures and slackwater basins in Washington, and during the Columbia River Gorge to Portland, Oregon.
In 1933, the 16th consultation of the overseas Geological Congress incorporated an day trip into the Channeled Scabland that was once ready via J Harlen Bretz of the collage of Chicago. Professor Bretz's paintings at the Channeled Scabland lined over forty years. Now, we meet in 1989 at the similar topic to determine the proof and vindication of his paintings, and to check new examine in this vital occasion in Quaternary geology.
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