David Alt
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David Alt (September 17, 1933 – April 26, 2015) was an American geologist, teacher, writer, storyteller and author.[1]
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 |
| Occupations | Author, geologist |
Career
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]
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).[7][8][9]
