J Harlen Bretz

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J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.

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instanceOf American geologist
geologist
human
academicDegree PhD in geology
awardReceived Geological Society of America Penrose Medal
Kirk Bryan Award
Penrose Medal
birthDate 1882-09-02
birthName Harlen Bretz
linked to: J Harlen Bretz
birthPlace Saranac, Michigan, United States
linked to: Saranac, Michigan
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1981-02-03
deathPlace Homewood, Illinois, United States
linked to: Homewood, Illinois
educatedAt Albion College
University of Chicago
employer University of Chicago
Washington State College
familyName Bretz
fieldOfWork Quaternary geology
geomorphology
glacial geology
givenName Harlen
influenced acceptance of catastrophic processes in modern geology
knownFor Channeled Scablands research
Missoula Floods hypothesis
linked to: Missoula floods

catastrophic flood geomorphology
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Geological Society of America
name J Harlen Bretz
notableIdeaStatus initially controversial
later widely accepted
notableWork Papers on the Channeled Scablands
occupation geologist
positionHeld professor of geology
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Homewood, Illinois, United States
linked to: Homewood, Illinois
sexOrGender male
spouse Fannie Chalis Bretz
studied Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington
linked to: Channeled Scablands

Columbia Plateau
Pleistocene flood features
theory cataclysmic glacial outburst floods shaped the Channeled Scablands
repeated Missoula Floods carved large-scale erosional features in eastern Washington
workLocation Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago

Pacific Northwest, United States
linked to: Pacific Northwest

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Missoula floods studiedBy J Harlen Bretz
Channeled Scablands associatedWith J Harlen Bretz
J Harlen Bretz name J Harlen Bretz
J Harlen Bretz birthName Harlen Bretz
linked to: J Harlen Bretz