Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest
Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Bruce Norman Bjornstad

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 3030530434

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This heavily illustrated book contains descriptions and geologic interpretations of photographs (mostly aerial) illustrating the power and magnitude of repeated Ice Age flooding in the Pacific Northwest, as recently as 14,000 years ago. The scale of Ice Age floods was so huge that today it is often difficult to see and appreciate the power and magnitude of such megafloods from ground level. However, from the air, landforms created by the floods often come into clear focus. Aerial images, obtained via unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) as well as fixed-wing airplane, add a new perspective on evidence gathered by dozens of scientists since 1923.

Atmospheric Rivers
Atmospheric Rivers

Author: F. Martin Ralph

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-07-10

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 3030289060

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This book is the standard reference based on roughly 20 years of research on atmospheric rivers, emphasizing progress made on key research and applications questions and remaining knowledge gaps. The book presents the history of atmospheric-rivers research, the current state of scientific knowledge, tools, and policy-relevant (science-informed) problems that lend themselves to real-world application of the research—and how the topic fits into larger national and global contexts. This book is written by a global team of authors who have conducted and published the majority of critical research on atmospheric rivers over the past years. The book is intended to benefit practitioners in the fields of meteorology, hydrology and related disciplines, including students as well as senior researchers.

Pacific Northwest Flood
Pacific Northwest Flood

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Considers H.R. 798 and related bills, to provide flood disaster relief in wake of 1964-65 California and Oregon floods through increased authorizations for the Bureau of Public Roads emergency fund and to authorize USDA to rebuild flood damaged roads built by private concerns in national forests.

Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)
Bretz's Flood (Large Print 16pt)

Author: John Soennichsen

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1458787176

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The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin High School in Seattle and then a professor at t...

Glacial Lake Missoula
Glacial Lake Missoula

Author: David D. Alt

Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780878424153

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Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods tells the gripping tale of a huge Ice Age lake that drained suddenly--not just once but repeatedly--and reshaped the landscape of the Northwest. The narrative follows the path of the floodwaters as they raged from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, then scoured through eastern Washington and down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific Ocean.

The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

Author: David R. Montgomery

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-08-27

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0393083969

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How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood. In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, natural philosophers, and scientists—discovered the counterintuitive role Noah’s Flood played in the development of both geology and creationism. Steno, the grandfather of geology, even invoked the Flood in laying geology’s founding principles based on his observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centuries later, the founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of a global flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer’s eye and a refreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on a journey across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusive nature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and how it changed through history and continues changing, even today.