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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instanceOf American geologist
geologist
human
academicDegree PhD in geology
awardReceived Geological Society of America Penrose Medal NERFINISHED
Kirk Bryan Award NERFINISHED
Penrose Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1882-09-02
birthName Harlen Bretz NERFINISHED
birthPlace Saranac, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1981-02-03
deathPlace Homewood, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt Albion College NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
employer University of Chicago
Washington State College NERFINISHED
familyName Bretz NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Quaternary geology
geomorphology
glacial geology
givenName Harlen NERFINISHED
influenced acceptance of catastrophic processes in modern geology
knownFor Channeled Scablands research
Missoula Floods hypothesis NERFINISHED
catastrophic flood geomorphology
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Geological Society of America NERFINISHED
name J Harlen Bretz NERFINISHED
notableIdeaStatus initially controversial
later widely accepted
notableWork Papers on the Channeled Scablands NERFINISHED
occupation geologist
positionHeld professor of geology
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Homewood, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Fannie Chalis Bretz NERFINISHED
studied Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington NERFINISHED
Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest, United States NERFINISHED

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Missoula floods studiedBy J Harlen Bretz
Channeled Scablands associatedWith J Harlen Bretz