Cataclysms on the Columbia: A Layman's Guide to the Features Produced by the Catastrophic Bretz Floods in the Pacific Northwest (Scenic Trips to the)

Allen, John Eliot, Burns, Marjorie, Sargent, Sam C.

ISBN 10: 0881922153 / ISBN 13: 9780881922158

Published by Timber Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cataclysms on the Columbia: A Layman's Guide to the Features Produced by the Catastrophic Bretz Floods in the Pacific Northwest (Scenic Trips to the)
• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881922153
• ISBN 13: 9780881922158
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geology

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Synopsis

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.

Review

A factual spellbinder, inspirational to student, amateur, and professional alike. Anyone with an ounce of curiosity or a smidgeon of interest in the machinations of science or the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest will find it captivating reading as well. Biography, guide, and detective story. -- Murray Morgan "Tacoma News Tribune" (09/01/1999) A fascinating and valuable introduction to the geology of the region -- Paul Pintarich "Oregonian" (09/01/1999) The book also tells a human story as fascinating as the story of the flood. . . Entertaining and admirably clear. -- Margaret Donsbach "Friends of the Columbia River Gorge Bulletin" (09/01/1999)