Wikisource has original works by or about: J Harlen Bretz J Harlen Bretz (2 September 1882 – 3 February 1981) was an American geologist, best known for...
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Missoula floods (redirect from Bretz Flood)
the Pleistocene cannot be estimated with any confidence. Geologist J Harlen Bretz first recognized evidence of the catastrophic floods, which he called...
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cataclysmic floods occurred between 18,200 and 14,000 years ago. Geologist J Harlen Bretz defined "scablands" in a series of papers written in the 1920s as lowlands...
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opened as a show cave in June 1934, and was described by geologist J Harlen Bretz in 1938. The Minnesota Geological Survey noted in their 1995 survey...
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200–500 feet (61–152 m) feet apart had formed the lake bed. In the 1920s, J Harlen Bretz looked deeper into the landscape and put forth his theory of the dam...
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initially recognized and documented the evidence for the Ice-Age floods, J Harlen Bretz, wrote: Drumheller is the most spectacular tract of butte-and basin...
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lacrosse player George Bretz (photographer), American photographer Greg Bretz (born 1990), American snowboarder J Harlen Bretz (1882 - 1981), American...
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overland flow. J Harlen Bretz (1882–1981), pioneer of research into the shaping of landscapes by catastrophic floods, most notably the Bretz (Missoula) floods...
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difficult. In 1923 J Harlen Bretz published a paper on the channeled scablands formed by glacial Lake Missoula in Washington State, USA. Bretz encountered resistance...
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Carey Robert R. Coats Edward Bullard W. Jason Morgan John Tuzo Wilson J Harlen Bretz Marie Tharp Frank Bursley Taylor Victor Conrad Andrija Mohorovičić Dan...
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List of geologists (section J)
Italian mineralogist and geologist, pioneer of volcanic gas collection J Harlen Bretz (1882–1981), American, discovered origin of channeled scablands David...
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13th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury[citation needed] J Harlen Bretz, geologist, best known for his research that led to the acceptance of...
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is established in the state as Pacific Aero Products Company. 1922 - J Harlen Bretz first proposes his Missoula floods hypothesis, which he termed Spokane...
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12, 1931, Science Service Records (RU7091), Box 123, Folder 4; and J. Harlen Bretz to Frank Thorne, December 7, 1931, Science Service Records (RU7091)...
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Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913...
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300 feet (91 m) long) that served as a strong supporting element for J Harlen Bretz's contention that Washington State's Channeled Scablands were formed...
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Western MontanaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets J Harlen Bretz – American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods Outflow channels –...
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Hugh J. Addonizio, Italian-American politician and Mayor of Newark (b. 1914) Louise Lorraine, American actress (b. 1904) February 3 – J Harlen Bretz, American...
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Kitsap County was so extensively formed by glaciation that according to J Harlen Bretz almost any east-west traverse across the Kitsap Peninsula (shared with...
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the dam broke, the water flowed towards the scablands, supporting J Harlen Bretz's theory of the cataclysmic floods. Born in Salt Lake City, Joe grew...
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South Haven) Bob Bemer, computer scientist (born in Sault Ste. Marie) J Harlen Bretz, geologist (born in Saranac) Lyman James Briggs, engineer, physicist...
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and Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington J Harlen Bretz (Ph.D. 1913) – geologist, Penrose Medal 1979 Ralph Buchsbaum (Ph.D....
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including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over. J Harlen Bretz, geologist "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau...
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ice dam, that caused the ice age floods bears a quote from geologist J Harlen Bretz, who is credited with the then-controversial theory of the ice age floods...
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overland flow. J Harlen Bretz (1882–1981) – pioneer of research into the shaping of landscapes by catastrophic floods, most notably the Bretz (Missoula) floods...
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1980 Hollis Dow Hedberg 1979 J Harlen Bretz 1978 Robert M. Garrels 1977 Robert P. Sharp 1976 Preston Cloud 1975 Francis J. Pettijohn 1974 William Maurice...
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Mid-Columbif Basin. Keokee Books; San Point, Idaho. ISBN 978-1-879628-27-4. J Harlen Bretz, (1923), The Channeled Scabland of the Columbia Plateau. Journal of...
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Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913 Bretz, J. Harlan (August 1910) Glacial Lakes...
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25 million years ago, and is an example of Karst Topography. According to J Harlen Bretz, Devil's Icebox is a phreatic cave system.: 286 In January 1994, a...
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his opposition to the Missoula Floods hypothesis, which was posed by J Harlen Bretz. He presented a detailed and thoughtful argument against the possibility...
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