Lake Bonneville: Geology of northern Utah Valley, Utah

C. B. Hunt; H.D. Varnes; H. E. Thomas

doi:10.3133/pp257A

Lake Bonneville: Geology of northern Utah Valley, Utah

Professional Paper 257-A

By: C. B. Hunt, H.D. Varnes, and H. E. Thomas

https://doi.org/10.3133/pp257A

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Statement on the hydrology of pre-Pleistocene (?) aquifers, from a chapter on water resources to be included in a Geological Survey report on the geology of North Utah Valley(1949)

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Abstract

Lake Bonneville was a vast Pleistocene lake that covered 20,000 square miles in northwestern Utah and had a maximum depth of about 1,000 feet. It was a body of water comparable in size to modern Lake Michigan.

Surveys of the unconsolidated deposits in the Lake Bonneville basin utilize the same methods used in studies of hard rocks, namely: separation of the deposits into mappable units and contacts between formations; observations of lateral and vertical changes in lithology; and plotting of these data on the map.

Additional publication details
Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Lake Bonneville: Geology of northern Utah Valley, Utah
Series title	Professional Paper
Series number	257
Chapter	A
DOI	10.3133/pp257A
Year Published	1953
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Government Printing Office
Publisher location	Washington, D.C.
Contributing office(s)	Utah Water Science Center
Description	Report: v, 99 p.; 4 Plates
Country	United States
State	Utah
Other Geospatial	Northern Utah Valley
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