Joseph T. Pardee was a U.S. geologist who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, and contributed to the understanding of the origin of the Channeled scablands. He discovered the trail of evidence left by Glacial Lake Missoula, a lake created by an ice dam 23 miles wide and half a mile high during the ice age. He discovered that when the dam broke, the water flowed towards the scablands, proving J Harlen Bretz's theory of the cataclysmic flood.
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- Glacial Lake Missoula, http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/student/corley2/missoula.htm
- Obituary, http://gsahist.org/gsat2/pardee_gift.htm
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