Full title: Glacial Lake Missoula And Its Humongous Floods
Author: David Alt
As geologist J. Harlen Bretz walked the dry scabland channels of eastern Washington in the 1920s, it dawned on him that he was viewing a landscape sculpted by water. Lots of water. A flood of catastrophic proportions.
Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods tells the gripping tale of a huge Ice Age lake that drained suddenly—not just once but repeatedly—and reshaped the landscape of the Northwest. The narrative follows the path of the floodwaters as they raged from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, then scoured through eastern Washington and down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific Ocean.
This is also the story of geologists grappling with scientific controversy—of how personalities, pride, and prejudice sometimes superseded scientific evidence.
"...[A] serious description, for the lay reader, of the several Bretz floods (Lake Missoula was repeatedly created by a glacier dam, which then released suddenly) . . . includes many photos and maps." —Book News, Inc.
About the Author: Dave Alt (with Don Hyndman) started the popular and long-lived Roadside Geology series in the 1970s, with the publication of Roadside Geology of Northern California in 1975. Dave Alt passed away in 2015, but his passion for teaching carries on.
Published: 6/15/2001
ISBN: 9780878424153
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Format: Paperback
Product Code: 330-NSTLAKE
Product Category: Non-Series Trade