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Unusual currents in Glacial Lake Missoula, Montana

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Missoula Floods

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Primary 1942 evidence connecting giant current features to catastrophic lake drainage

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The Missoula Floods were repeated Late Pleistocene outburst floods caused by failures of the ice dam holding Glacial Lake Missoula.

The model explains multiple independent categories of field evidence and is supported by decades of geological research.
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The Missoula Floods are strongly supported by mapped geomorphology, lake evidence, repeated flood deposits, and quantitative reconstruction.

Answer / theory: Yes. They are strongly supported by geology. What supports it: Scabland erosion, giant ripples, erratics, gravel bars, flood deposits, lake evidence, and hydraulic modeling. What is weak or disputed: Exact flood count and timing. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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The accepted Missoula model is glacial-lake outburst flooding and does not require an impact trigger.

Answer / theory: The accepted mechanism does not require an impact. Ice-dam failure is enough. What supports it: Geological evidence for Glacial Lake Missoula and repeated dam failure. What is weak or disputed: Impact-based overextension from the broader Younger Dryas debate. Evidence level: Weak Evidence for impact causation.
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