Lake Bonneville :
Lake Bonneville : a scientific update /
edited by Charles G. Oviatt, John F. Shroder.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 659 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Developments in earth surface processes ; volume 20 .
- Developments in earth surface processes ; v. 20. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Front Cover; Frontispiece; Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Letting Earth Tell Its Story; Introduction; Lake Bonneville in Western North America; Lake Bonneville Chronology; This Volume; Gilbert's Contributions and Legacy; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 1: The Present as a Key to the Past: Paleoshoreline Correlation Insights from Great Salt Lake; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville as a System; 1.3. Challenges of Correlating Shorelines; 1.4. Evidence from Great Salt Lake 1.5. Initial Variability of Shoreline Evidence due to Coastal Processes1.6. Bays, Thresholds, and Constrictions; 1.7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: The Bear River's History and Diversion: Constraints, Unsolved Problems, and Implications for the Lake Bonnevil ...; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Setting and Evolution of the Upper Bear River; 2.3. History of Faulting and Volcanism in Gem Valley; 2.3.1. Building of the Drainage Divide in Gem Valley; 2.4. Chronostratigraphy of Southern Gem Valley and Oneida Narrows; 2.4.1. Prior Chronostratigraphy 2.4.2. History of Bear River Water Input to Southern Gem Valley2.4.3. New Age Control in the Upper Main Canyon Formation and Overlying Units; 2.5. Proxy Evidence from the Bonneville Basin; 2.6. Discussion; 2.6.1. Paleogeography and Diversion; 2.6.2. Implications of Bear River Drainage Integration; 2.6.3. Primary Unsolved Problems; References; Chapter 3: The Pilot Valley Shoreline: An Early Record of Lake Bonneville Dynamics; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Description; 3.3. Lake Margin Characteristics; 3.4. Early Lake Hydrograph; 3.5. Discussion; 3.6. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments 6.2. "For a Time the Outpouring Was a Veritable D�eb�acle"6.3. Melon Gravel; 6.4. "The Flood Volume of the Missouri"; 6.5. "Lake Bursts"; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: The Provo Shoreline of Lake Bonneville; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. G.K. Gilbert on the Provo Shoreline; 7.3. Shorezone Geomorphology and Deposits; 7.4. Nearshore and Offshore Sediments; 7.5. Chronology and Dynamics; 7.5.1. History of Chronologic Studies; 7.5.2. Integrated Model; 7.5.3. Isostatic Rebound; 7.6. Paleoclimate Interpretations; 7.6.1. Evolution of Thought; 7.6.2. Comparison with Great Basin Lake Records
9780444635945 0444635947
GBB6G6300 bnb
018086786 Uk
Geology--Utah.
Lakes--Utah.
Geomorphology--Fieldwork.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General
Geology.
Lakes.
G�eologie--Pl�eistoc�ene.--Bonneville, lac
Bonneville, Lake.
United States--Lake Bonneville.
Utah.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
QE169.6
557.92
Includes bibliographical references.
Front Cover; Frontispiece; Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Letting Earth Tell Its Story; Introduction; Lake Bonneville in Western North America; Lake Bonneville Chronology; This Volume; Gilbert's Contributions and Legacy; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 1: The Present as a Key to the Past: Paleoshoreline Correlation Insights from Great Salt Lake; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville as a System; 1.3. Challenges of Correlating Shorelines; 1.4. Evidence from Great Salt Lake 1.5. Initial Variability of Shoreline Evidence due to Coastal Processes1.6. Bays, Thresholds, and Constrictions; 1.7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: The Bear River's History and Diversion: Constraints, Unsolved Problems, and Implications for the Lake Bonnevil ...; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Setting and Evolution of the Upper Bear River; 2.3. History of Faulting and Volcanism in Gem Valley; 2.3.1. Building of the Drainage Divide in Gem Valley; 2.4. Chronostratigraphy of Southern Gem Valley and Oneida Narrows; 2.4.1. Prior Chronostratigraphy 2.4.2. History of Bear River Water Input to Southern Gem Valley2.4.3. New Age Control in the Upper Main Canyon Formation and Overlying Units; 2.5. Proxy Evidence from the Bonneville Basin; 2.6. Discussion; 2.6.1. Paleogeography and Diversion; 2.6.2. Implications of Bear River Drainage Integration; 2.6.3. Primary Unsolved Problems; References; Chapter 3: The Pilot Valley Shoreline: An Early Record of Lake Bonneville Dynamics; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Description; 3.3. Lake Margin Characteristics; 3.4. Early Lake Hydrograph; 3.5. Discussion; 3.6. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments 6.2. "For a Time the Outpouring Was a Veritable D�eb�acle"6.3. Melon Gravel; 6.4. "The Flood Volume of the Missouri"; 6.5. "Lake Bursts"; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: The Provo Shoreline of Lake Bonneville; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. G.K. Gilbert on the Provo Shoreline; 7.3. Shorezone Geomorphology and Deposits; 7.4. Nearshore and Offshore Sediments; 7.5. Chronology and Dynamics; 7.5.1. History of Chronologic Studies; 7.5.2. Integrated Model; 7.5.3. Isostatic Rebound; 7.6. Paleoclimate Interpretations; 7.6.1. Evolution of Thought; 7.6.2. Comparison with Great Basin Lake Records
9780444635945 0444635947
GBB6G6300 bnb
018086786 Uk
Geology--Utah.
Lakes--Utah.
Geomorphology--Fieldwork.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General
Geology.
Lakes.
G�eologie--Pl�eistoc�ene.--Bonneville, lac
Bonneville, Lake.
United States--Lake Bonneville.
Utah.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
QE169.6
557.92