Sky-High Icebergs Carried Boulders From The Rockies To In South-Central Washington

Science Daily ^ | 11-4-2003 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

[blam]

Ping.

[N. Theknow]

Reminds me of the Maine joke.

Interloper: Hey, oldtimer! Where did all these rocks come from?

Mainer: Ayuh, glacier brought 'em.

Interloper: Well, where's the glacier now?

Mainer: Went back for more rocks.

[NicknamedBob]

"...widely scattered rocks and boulders, distinct clusters and "bergmounds"..."

Better put some ice on that!

[Voltage]

It's a good thing our distant relatives fired up their power plants and SUV's bringing and end to the cold weather that fostered these huge glaciers 10,000 years ago.

You have to hand it to them knowing all about carbon dioxide back then before gov't paid scientists!

[Renfield]

Already knew about this...I attended Soil Science Institute (a 4-week training session for professional soil scientists) at Washington State University this summer, and we took field trips into the Channeled Scablands to study just this event. It was fascinating (and a beautiful area). If we ever meet in person, I'll tell you all about it.

[r9etb]

I grew up in Eastern Washington. Some of the most fascinating geology there is... You can find examples of just about anything there.

[RightWhale]

New England is like that. The ground is scoured down to granite bedrock, which is now weathered to a degree, and there are terminal morains of good size. Long Island, for example.

[Rebelbase]

Pound for pound, the Lake Missoula ice dam is one of the more interesting recent geological events.

[r9etb]

This article about Dry Falls gives some excellent descriptions.

If you've ever been to the area -- it just makes one itch to have seen it in person (from a safely hovering helicopter, of course).

[shotgun]

Yeah, I first heard about this at Columbia Basin Sporstman Club banquetback inthe early '90's. The first real work on this by a geologist named Bretz, was rejected by the geological society back in the 1920's.

It sure is good to know that we have to pay for this "new" research over and over again. Here are just a few of the links:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/missoula.htm

http://gsahist.org/gsat2/pardee.htm

http://www.nps.gov/iceagefloods/contacts.htm

If you want more just type in "Columbia Basin Scablands", "Eastern Washington Geology", or "Bretz, J.H." in your search engine"..

[shotgun]

Sorry, I fogot my backslashes:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/missoula.htm/
http://gsahist.org/gsat2/pardee.htm/ http://www.nps.gov/iceagefloods/contacts.htm/

[SunkenCiv]

blast from the past.

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[djf]

I'm waiting for the really big announcement, that they found the Holy Grail inside the Ark of the Covenant, hidden in a closet in Atlantis. Underneath all the glacial boulders, of course.

[SunkenCiv]

You may have a while to wait. :')

[cmsgop]

I have a Ton (No Pun Intended) of Boulders in my neighborhood, size of VW's.

[SunkenCiv]

Catastrophic Flooding From Ancient Lake May Have Triggered Cold Period
Newswise ^ | 12-18-2004 | Jeff Donnelly
Posted on 12/18/2004 11:51:06 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304205/posts

map showing the Channeled Scablands:
http://www.geology.ewu.edu/ftrips/aquifer/floodmap.jpg

found at:
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3921cfc5772d.htm#16

[steve86]

I live a couple miles from Rattlesnake Mountain. Yes, it has rocks in the strangest places.

It would be even bigger news if a similar scenario were discovered on Mars, thereby placing the "log" where it is today. Glacier on Mars ping.

[steve86]

Thanks for the links. Very interesting to explore the coulee just east of Connell, which I did on foot a couple of weekends ago. Seems less eroded than many of them do.

[ValerieUSA]

When will we get a "news" release that there are volcanos in the Cascade mountain range?