One can only imagine the extraordinary upheaval that took place along this portion of the gap as the flood ... of Glacial Lake Missoula. When the lake drained catastrophically, its waters gushed ...

Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion ...

At this time, the Okanogan Lobe and Purcell Trench Lobe blocked the Columbia River, forming glacial lakes Columbia and Missoula. Glacial Lake Missoula was metastable and its ice dam released ...

The event is what's known as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). As this instance shows, the breakdown of an ice-dammed lake can be triggered by natural causes, including the buildup of water ...

This phenomenon, where a glacial lake gradually fills and then releases its water in a sudden flood, is known as a ... At the end of the last Ice Age, Lake Missoula had an outburst that was ...