David Alt
David Alt | |
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| Born | September 17, 1933 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | April 26, 2015 (aged 81) Missoula, Montana, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Author, geologist |
David Alt (September 17, 1933 – April 26, 2015) was an American geologist, teacher, writer, storyteller and author.[1]
Career
[edit]Alt was the author of more than thirty books, including several titles in the Roadside Geology series published by Mountain Press.[2][3][4]
He earned his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Texas, and joined the Department of Geology at The University of Montana in Missoula, Montana in 1965.[5] He became professor Emeritus at The University of Montana in 2002.[5]
He died on April 26, 2015, in Missoula.[6]
Lake Missoula Floods
[edit]Alt helped to interpret and explain to a wide audience the cataclysmic glacial Missoula Floods through articles and his book Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods (Mountain Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0878424153).[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Memorials". www.jsg.utexas.edu. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
- ^ Kris (June 22, 2021). "David Alt". Discover Lewis & Clark. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ a b "ITEM 115-1011-R0502". mus.edu. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Memorials". www.jsg.utexas.edu. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Larson, Keely (January 4, 2023). "How a vanished Ice Age lake shaped the past and present of Missoula, Montana". Ars Technica. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "NOVA | Mystery of the Megaflood | Ice Age Lake". www.pbs.org. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Explore Glacial Lake Missoula and the Catastrophic Ice Age Floods". hugefloods.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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