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Ice Age Floods lecture and field trip looks at outburst

Did a collapse of an Ice Age glacial lobe cause a massive flood that inundated the Spokane Valley area and buried it in sand and gravel up to 700 feet thick?

A lecture May 6 and field trip May 7 sponsored by the Cheney/Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will examine that question in detail. The lecture, “Spokane Before, During and After Glacial Lake Missoula Outburst Megaflood,” by former Eastern Washington University geology professor Mike B. McCollum will provide the background for that question.

McCollum will discuss the g...

 

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