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I live in Coeur d'alene, ID...which sits in the Purcell trench. The floods started just north of here at Clark Fork, ID. There is massive evidence of them eve
by Ccecil 1y ago
I live in Coeur d'alene, ID...which sits in the Purcell trench. The floods started just north of here at Clark Fork, ID. There is massive evidence of them everywhere you look.
One spot, Chilco mountain, if you look towards the trench it is all flat and if you look the other way it is all mountain/river valleys. This wall separated the floods from the non flooded area.
Lots of exposed rimrock here too.
Also the reason we have such a good aquifer here (Rathdrum aquifer) which supplys Spokane/Coeur d'alene.
edit: https://iafi.org/ice-age-floods-videos/ https://iafi.org/ice-age-floods-videos/
- hungmung 1y agoThese floods are likely responsible for bringing the 6th largest iron-nickel meteorite ever discovered (on Earth) from the Canada/Montana area to Western Oregon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite
- gametorch 1y agoWow, that is a beautiful specimen. It's just massive.
- jjulius 1y ago>edit: https://iafi.org/ice-age-floods-videos/ https://iafi.org/ice-age-floods-videos/ I have nothing to add, but want to acknowledge that Nick Zentner is a goddamned national treasure.