Cataclysms on the Columbia a layman's guide to the features produced by the catastrophic Bretz floods in the Pacific Northwest by John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Sam C. Sargent


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Title:
Cataclysms on the Columbia

Sub Title:
a layman's guide to the features produced by the catastrophic Bretz floods in the Pacific Northwest

Author(s):
John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Sam C. Sargent

Circulation:
Non-circulating [ 1 ]

Published:
2000

Edition:
[2nd print.]

Document:
Book · Paperback

Physical Description:
213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Summary:

The formation of the Grand Coulee remained a mystery for many years until J Harlen Bretz proved that the Columbia River basin was the site of huge floods 15,000 years ago that created the landscape we see today.

Subjects:

Bretz, J. Harlen, 1882-1981, Erosion, Erosion Columbia Plateau, Érosion Columbia, Plateau de la, Geology, Geology Columbia Plateau, Geomorphology, Geomorphology Columbia River Valley, Géologie Columbia, Plateau de la, Géomorphologie Columbia, Vallée de la, Géomorphologie glaciaire Columbia, Plateau de la, Glacial landforms, Glacial landforms C

Notes:

Revised printing

Notes:

Revised printing

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Collection Resource Edition Published Publisher Avaliability
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Book [2nd print.] 2000 Timber Press, Portland, Or., 1991, 1986 Paperback
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Resource Book
Edition [2nd print.]
Published 2000
Publisher Timber Press, Portland, Or., 1991, 1986
Paperback

 

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