Bretz's flood : the remarkable story of a rebel geologist and the world's greatest flood / John Soennichsen.
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Seattle, WA : [Berkeley, Calif.] :
Sasquatch Books ; Distributed by PGW/Perseus,
c2008.
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| Summary: | "Using nothing more than the core tools of observation, questioning, hypothesis, and theory, Bretz recognized that the land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington's bizarre formations and geologic oddities didn't conform to the patterns of a landscape shaped gradually over time. Instead, the scablands looked more like a partially formed, braided river channel that had spread out over several hundred miles - a topography that could only be caused by a sudden rush of an unprecedented volume of water ...Meticulously researched and delivered in stunning prose, Bretz's Flood brings to life the dramatic story of how the channeled scablands came to be, and how one man persevered against the odds to change the course of geologic history"--Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Notes: | Bib#: 1121415 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-286). |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9781570615054 1570615055 |
| Bib#: | 1121415 |
