J Harlen Bretz

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J Harlen Bretz was an American geologist best known for his controversial and later vindicated theory that cataclysmic floods shaped the Channeled Scablands of the Pacific Northwest.

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J Harlen Bretz canonical 3
Harlen Bretz 1

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instanceOf American geologist ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in geology ⓘ
awardReceived Geological Society of America Penrose Medal ⓘ
Kirk Bryan Award ⓘ
Penrose Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1882-09-02 ⓘ
birthName Harlen Bretz ⓘ
linked to: J Harlen Bretz
birthPlace Saranac, Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to: Saranac, Michigan
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1981-02-03 ⓘ
deathPlace Homewood, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Homewood, Illinois
educatedAt Albion College ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
employer University of Chicago ⓘ
Washington State College ⓘ
familyName Bretz ⓘ
fieldOfWork Quaternary geology ⓘ
geomorphology ⓘ
glacial geology ⓘ
givenName Harlen ⓘ
influenced acceptance of catastrophic processes in modern geology ⓘ
knownFor Channeled Scablands research ⓘ
Missoula Floods hypothesis ⓘ
linked to: Missoula floods

catastrophic flood geomorphology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Geological Society of America ⓘ
name J Harlen Bretz ⓘ
notableIdeaStatus initially controversial ⓘ
later widely accepted ⓘ
notableWork Papers on the Channeled Scablands ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
positionHeld professor of geology ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Homewood, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Homewood, Illinois
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Fannie Chalis Bretz ⓘ
studied Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington ⓘ
linked to: Channeled Scablands

Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Pleistocene flood features ⓘ
theory cataclysmic glacial outburst floods shaped the Channeled Scablands ⓘ
repeated Missoula Floods carved large-scale erosional features in eastern Washington ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Pacific Northwest, United States ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest

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Missoula floods → studiedBy → J Harlen Bretz ⓘ
Channeled Scablands → associatedWith → J Harlen Bretz ⓘ
J Harlen Bretz → name → J Harlen Bretz ⓘ
J Harlen Bretz → birthName → Harlen Bretz ⓘ
linked to: J Harlen Bretz