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Mystery of the Megaflood
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/

Description:
Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program exploring "the evidence for a huge catastrophe that struck eastern Washington State thousands of years ago. It took scientists decades to figure out that a colossal flood had carved out bizarre landscape features strewn across thousands of square miles." Includes opinions from geologists, images, a geology quiz, and related resources.

Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation

Extra Keywords
Glacial Lake Missoula Montana Scablands

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Floods -- Northwest, Pacific
Glacial epoch -- Northwest, Pacific
Missoula, Lake
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Physical geography -- Northwest, Pacific

LII Database Information:
Record 11191 created by Sybil Finemel on 09/04/2005
Last modification on 09/15/2005
Published: 09/04/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11191