New explorations along the northern shores of Lake Bonneville

Charles G. Oviatt; D. M. Miller

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New explorations along the northern shores of Lake Bonneville

Charles G. Oviatt·D. M. Miller

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This field trip begins in Salt Lake City and makes a clockwise circuit of Great Salt Lake, with primary objectives to observe stratigraphie and geomorphic records of Lake Bonneville. Stops include Stansbury Island, Puddle Valley, gravel pits at Lakeside and the south end of the Hogup Mountains, several stops in Curlew Valley and Hansel Valley, and a final stop at the north end of Great Salt Lake east of the Promontory Mountains. Stratigraphie observations at gravel-pit and natural exposures will be linked to interpretations of lake-level change, which were caused by climate change. Evidence of paleoseismic and volcanic activity will be discussed at several sites, and will be tied to the lacustrine stratigraphic record. The trip provides an overview of the history of Lake Bonneville and introduces participants to some new localities with excellent examples of Lake Bonneville landforms and stratigraphy.

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Charles G. Oviatt, D. M. Miller. 1997. New explorations along the northern shores of Lake Bonneville. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70019132

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