Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods

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.

Author: John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Scott Burns
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ooligan Press
Published: 11/01/2009
Series: Openbook
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781932010312
2nd Revised Edition