18,000-ton boulders transported 250 miles by catastrophic icebergs

18,000-ton boulders transported 250 miles by catastrophic icebergs. Huge boulders (up to 18,000 tons) from the west side of the continental divide were transported 200-250 miles to the Alberta prairie These boulders could not have been transported by glaciers because the continuous ice pressure would have crushed them The boulders were transported on gigantic icebergs floating in a catastrophic meltwater flood

Enormous boulders weighing up to 18,000 tons traveled 200-300 miles from the west side of the continental divide to Alberta's prairie. These couldn't have been transported by glaciers since continuous ice pressure would have crushed them. Instead, they floated on giant icebergs during catastrophic meltwater floods that also carved the Missouri River Valley and formed a flood 100 miles wide where it met the Mississippi near St. Louis.

Key Facts

• Huge boulders (up to 18,000 tons) from the west side of the continental divide were transported 200-250 miles to the Alberta prairie
• These boulders could not have been transported by glaciers because the continuous ice pressure would have crushed them
• The boulders were transported on gigantic icebergs floating in a catastrophic meltwater flood
• The same floods catastrophically carved the Missouri River Valley
• These floods met the Mississippi River near present-day St. Louis in a flood approximately 100 miles wide

Source: Ancient Builders: Live Quest Presentation by The Randall Carlson