David Alt | |
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| Born | Sept 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 and author.
Career
Alt was the author of more than thirty books, including several titles in the Roadside Geology series published by Mountain Press.[1][2][3]
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.[4] He became professor Emeritus at The University of Montana in 2002.[4]
He died on April 26, 2015, in Missoula.[5]
Lake Missoula Floods
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).[6][7][8]
References
- ^ Kris (2021-06-22). "David Alt". Discover Lewis & Clark. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Roadside Geology". Mountain Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ a b "ITEM 115-1011-R0502". mus.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Memorials". www.jsg.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Contributors, Ars (2023-01-04). "How a vanished Ice Age lake shaped the past and present of Missoula, Montana". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "NOVA | Mystery of the Megaflood | Ice Age Lake | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ "Explore Glacial Lake Missoula and the Catastrophic Ice Age Floods". hugefloods.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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