Title:
Glacial Lake Missoula : and its humongous floods
Author:
Physical Description:
viii, 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Mountain Press Pub.,
Publication Date:
2001
ISBN:
9780878424153
Publication Information:
Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub., 2001.
Call Number:
557.97 ALT
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Summary
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. vii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
1 Truly an Inland Sea: Glacial Lake Missoula | p. 7 |
2 A Window into the Past: A Visit to Glacial Lake Missoula | p. 11 |
3 A Heretic in the Scablands: J Harlen Bretz and His Humongous Flood | p. 15 |
4 Where Did the Water Come From? J. T. Pardee Returns to Glacial Lake Missoula | p. 21 |
5 Hard and Distinctive Bedrock: Belt Rocks | p. 23 |
6 The Once and Repeating Ice Dam: Several Dozen Lakes | p. 25 |
7 Setting the Stage for the Big Spectacle: The Little Bitterroot Valley | p. 33 |
8 A Question of Scale: The Giant Ripples of Camas Prairie | p. 37 |
9 A Most Extraordinary Basin: Rainbow Lake | p. 41 |
10 Ice, Water, and a River: The Mission Valley, the Jocko Valley, and the Flathead River | p. 49 |
11 The Unscathed Valleys: The Bitterroot and Missoula Valleys | p. 59 |
12 The Tightest Squeeze: Hellgate Canyon and the Saddle North of Mount Jumbo | p. 65 |
13 The Water Route to Paradise: Down the Clark Fork River to the Flathead River | p. 73 |
14 Taking the Measure of the Drainage Currents: The Clark Fork River between Paradise and Sandpoint | p. 81 |
15 Gateway to the Scablands: Rathdrum Prairie | p. 87 |
16 Floods of Basalt: Lava Flows and Crustal Arches | p. 95 |
17 Moses Coulee: Okanogan Ice and Glacial Lake Columbia | p. 99 |
18 The Grandaddy Scablands: The Cheney-Palouse and Telford--Crab Creek Floodways | p. 109 |
19 Regulating Glacial Lake Columbia: Grand Coulee | p. 115 |
20 The Shortcut to the Snake River: The Palouse River, Palouse Falls, and Washtucna Coulee | p. 123 |
21 The Gathering of the Waters: Beyond the Cheney-Palouse Scabland | p. 129 |
22 The Grand Emptying: Floodwater Exits the Quincy Basin | p. 133 |
23 A Patchwork of Valleys: Lake Lewis | p. 143 |
24 The Archives of the Floods: The Touchet Formation | p. 147 |
25 The Way West: Through Wallula Gap and into Lake Condon | p. 151 |
26 Another Tight Squeeze: The Columbia Gorge | p. 159 |
27 A Sudden Rush of Water: Scouring through Portland | p. 167 |
28 The Inland Bay: Floods in the Willamette Valley | p. 171 |
29 The Last Lap: On to the Pacific Ocean | p. 177 |
30 Dusting Off the Crystal Ball: Could It Happen Again? | p. 179 |
Epilogue | p. 181 |
Glossary | p. 183 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 185 |
Index | p. 193 |
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