The Missoula and Bonneville floods—A review of ice-age megafloods in the Columbia River basin

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: O’connor, Jim E., Baker, Victor R., Waitt, Richard B., Smith, Larry N., Cannon, Charles M., George, David L., Denlinger, Roger P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Megafloods; Columbia River basin; western North America; Missoula floods; Bonneville flood; Channeled Scabland; Crab Creek; Glacial Lake; Moses; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00624/73634/73074.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103181; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00624/73634/

The Channeled Scabland of eastern Washington State, USA, brought megafloods to the scientific forefront. A 30,000-km2 landscape of coulees and cataracts carved into the region’s loess-covered basalt attests to overwhelming volumes of energetic water. The scarred landscape, garnished by huge boulder...