Cataclysms On The Columbia-Two Stories-Geological Research-Prehistoric Floods-HC

by Allen, Burns & Sargent

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Hardcover Book With Dust Jacket Titled: Cataclysms On The Columbia - Features Produced By The Catastrophic Bretz Floods In The Pacific Northwest By John Eliot Allen, Morjorie Burns And Sam C Sargent - 1986 - Presumed First Edition - Timber Press 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 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 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" - 211 Pages - Index, Appendices, Maps and Black & White Photographs Previous owners name on first free page - Otherwise In Brand New Condition Check Out Our eBay Store (Grannyspalapa) For Other Similar Items www.ebay.com/str/grannyspalapa

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Year: 1986
• Condition: Fine

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