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The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
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ALL AROUND THE WORLD, mythology and folktales address the origin of topography, the form of the land itself. How should we read ancient stories, like accounts of great floods purporting to explain the origin of landforms? Can we regard them as tales of prehistoric events, or should we dismiss them as archaic superstition? As a geologist trained to read the history of the world from rocks and landforms, I’m curious about the geological basis of folktales and how geography, culture, and tradition shape the way people see and interpret the land.
David Montgomery
David Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is a member of the Quaternary Research Center.
Montgomery received his B.S. in geology from Stanford University in 1984, and his Ph.D. in geomorphology from University of California, Berkeley in 1991. His research addresses the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecosystems and human societies. His published work includes studies of the role of topsoil in human civilization, the evolution and near-extirpation of salmon, geomorphological processes in mountain drainage basins, the evolution of mountain ranges, and the use of digital topography. He has conducted field research in eastern Tibet, South America, the Philippines, Alaska, and the American Pacific Northwest.
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