Typical Lake Deposits Of The Great Basin
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The Gilbert episode in the Great Salt Lake Basin, Utah
| Author | : Charles Gifford Oviatt |
| Publisher | : Utah Geological Survey |
| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 2014-03-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1557918937 |
This 20-page report summarizes observations of sediments and shorelines of the Gilbert episode in the Bonneville basin of northwestern Utah. Lake Bonneville dropped to altitudes similar to those of modern Great Salt Lake by 13,000 years ago, remained low for about 1400 years, then rapidly rose about 50 ft (15 m) during the Gilbert episode (about 11,600 years ago). The Gilbert lake was probably less extensive than shown by previous mapping of the Gilbert shoreline. The lake reached altitudes of 4250-4255 ft (1295-1297 m), and its shoreline, which is not well defined anywhere in the basin, was probably not deformed by residual isostatic rebound associated with removal of the Lake Bonneville water load. Holocene Great Salt Lake has not risen as high as the Gilbert-episode lake.
Potash Salts and Other Salines in the Great Basin Region
| Author | : George Joseph Young |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1914 |
| Genre | : Agriculture |
| ISBN | : |
The Great Basin
| Author | : Donald Grayson |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2011-04-18 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0520948718 |
Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Donald K. Grayson synthesizes what we now know about the past 25,000 years in the Great Basin—its climate, lakes, glaciers, plants, animals, and peoples—based on information gleaned from the region’s exquisite natural archives in such repositories as lake cores, packrat middens, tree rings, and archaeological sites. A perfect guide for students, scholars, travelers, and general readers alike, the book weaves together history, archaeology, botany, geology, biogeography, and other disciplines into one compelling panorama across a truly unique American landscape.
The Causes and Progression of Desertification
| Author | : Helmut Geist |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2017-09-08 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1351893297 |
This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to determine whether proximate causes and underlying driving forces fall into any patterns, to identify mediating factors, feedbacks, cross-scalar dynamics and typical pathways. It shows a limited set of recurrent core variables in varying combinations to drive desertification. Most prominent root causes are climatic factors, institutions, national policies, population growth and remote economic influences that lead to local cropland expansion, overgrazing and infrastructure extension, associated with desertification as a potential but not necessary outcome. Some factors are geographically robust; most of them are region and time specific.
Paleoenvironments and Paleohydrology of the Mojave and Southern Great Basin Deserts
| Author | : Yehouda Enzel |
| Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780813723686 |
The Ecology of Stream and Riparian Habitats of the Great Basin Region
| Author | : G. Wayne Minshall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Habitat (Ecology) |
| ISBN | : |
Modern and Ancient Lake Sediments
| Author | : Albert Matter |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2009-04-29 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1444303708 |
A special publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists The ebook entitled Modern and Ancient Lake Sediments provides the proceedings of a symposium held at the H.C. Orsted Institute at the University of Copenhagen in 1977. The work was sponsored by the International Association of Sedimentologists and the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae.
Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds)
| Author | : Birgit Terhorst |
| Publisher | : Newnes |
| Total Pages | : 315 |
| Release | : 2013-02-26 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080932193 |
Slope deposits are common in any inclined relief. So-called cover beds may veil entire landscapes, in which case they are commonly overlooked or confused with soil horizons. This book focuses on these widespread deposits and discusses their properties, genesis, and age mainly in subdued mountains of Central Europe, where to date most research on the matter has been conducted. The ecological consequences of such slope deposits on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures are addressed. Finally, transfer of the cover-bed concept to other mid-latitude regions is attempted for the reconstruction of landscape evolution. This unique compilation, covering several decades of a facies-oriented approach to slope-deposit research, delivers deep insight into the wide field of research on cover beds and encourages researchers all over the world to take an in-depth look at the critical zone as to its possible stratified nature. - Unique compilation of several decades of slope-deposit research - Facies-oriented approach - Addresses ecological consequences on soils, slope water dynamics, and slope failures
