Missoula Floods

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf catastrophic flood
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Idaho
gptkb:Montana
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:allows geological community
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bretz_Floods
gptkbp:causedBy failure of ice dam
gptkbp:createdFeature gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge
gptkb:Willamette_Valley
gptkb:Channeled_Scablands
gptkb:Dry_Falls
gptkb:Giant_current_ripples
gptkb:Glacial_erratics
gptkb:Lake_Lewis
gptkb:Palouse_Falls
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:J_Harlen_Bretz
gptkbp:evidence erratic boulders
flood deposits in Willamette Valley
giant ripple marks
scabland topography
strandlines on hillsides
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Missoula Floods
gptkbp:iceDamLocation gptkb:Clark_Fork_River
gptkbp:iceDamMaterial gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:initiallyRejectedBy geological community
gptkbp:maximumLakeVolume 2,100 km³
gptkbp:maximumWaterFlow 10 million cubic meters per second
gptkbp:numberOfEvents at least 40
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
gptkbp:period 15,000 to 13,000 years ago
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:J_Harlen_Bretz
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge
gptkb:Willamette_Valley
gptkb:Channeled_Scablands
gptkb:Dry_Falls
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Glacial_Lake_Missoula
gptkb:Glacial_erratics
gptkb:Lake_Lewis
gptkb:Palouse_Falls
gptkb:J_Harlen_Bretz
flood deposits
giant current ripples
strandlines
gptkbp:source gptkb:Glacial_Lake_Missoula
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ice_Age_Floods
gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkb:Northwest_Plateau
gptkb:Columbia_Plateau
gptkb:Lake_Wallawalla
gptkb:Lake_Agassiz
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6