![]() ![]() “The Great Floods” tracks the clues leading to the final verdict the revolutionized geologic thinking: the Ice Age Floods. In 1923, geologist J Harlen Bretz proposed a catastrophic flood as their genesis, igniting a debate that raged for nearly half a century. The unlikely evidence: a maze of enormous empty river canyons, boulder-strewn valleys, giant ripple marks, and the skeletal remains of the world’s largest waterfall-all geologically fresh, yet sitting high and dry, far from any source of water. The Pacific Northwest was the state for one of the 20th century’s great mysteries. VIDEO ONE-THE GREAT FLOODS – CATACLYSMS OF THE ICE AGE. “IN A GEOLOGIC HEARTBEAT, CATACLYSMIC FLOODS CONTAINING TEN TIMES THE FLOW OF ALL THE WORLD’S RIVERS THUNDERED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.” ![]() The Great Ice Age Floods – Catastrophic Transformation of the West
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