| Abstract: | Walker Lake, a hydrologically closed, saline, and alkaline lake, is situated along the western margin of the Great Basin in Nevada of the western United States. Analyses of the magnetic susceptibility (??), total inorganic carbon (TIC), and oxygen isotopic composition (??18O) of carbonate sediments including ostracode shells (Limnocythere ceriotuberosa) from Walker Lake allow us to extend the sediment record of lake-level fluctuations back to 2700??years B.P. There are approximately five major stages over the course of the late Holocene hydrologic evolution in Walker Lake: an early lowstand (> 2400??years B.P.), a lake-filling period (??? 2400 to ??? 1000??years B.P.), a lake-level lowering period during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) (??? 1000 to ??? 600??years B.P.), a relatively wet period (??? 600 to ??? 100??years B.P.), and the anthropogenically induced lake-level lowering period (< 100??years B.P.). The most pronounced lowstand of Walker Lake occurred at ??? 2400??years B.P., as indicated by the relatively high values of ??18O. This is generally in agreement with the previous lower resolution paleoclimate results from Walker Lake, but contrasts with the sediment records from adjacent Pyramid Lake and Siesta Lake. The pronounced lowstand suggests that the Walker River that fills Walker Lake may have partially diverted into the Carson Sink through the Adrian paleochannel between 2700 to 1400??years B.P. ?? 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| Citation Author: | Yuan, F.; Linsley, B. K.; Howe, S. S.; Lund, S. P.; McGeehin, J. P. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Late Holocene lake-level fluctuations in Walker Lake, Nevada, USA; 2006; Article; Journal; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Yuan, F.; Linsley, B. K.; Howe, S. S.; Lund, S. P.; McGeehin, J. P. |
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| Text: | Late Holocene lake-level fluctuations in Walker Lake, Nevada, USA; 2006; Article; Journal; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Yuan, F.; Linsley, B. K.; Howe, S. S.; Lund, S. P.; McGeehin, J. P. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.003 |
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