Timing of the last highstand of Lake Lahontan |
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Authors: | L. V. Benson |
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Affiliation: | (1) U. S. Geological Survey, Stationed at the Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Group, National Center of Atmospheric Research, 80307-3000 Boulder, CO, USA |
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Abstract: | Radiocarbon and uranium-series ages of a variety of materials from the Lahontan basin indicate that the last highstand lake occurred between 14 500 and 13 000 yr B.P. Although few in number, existing radiocarbon and uranium-series age data also indicate that lakes in the western Lahontan subbasins were small or moderate in size between 30 000 and 25 000 yr B.P. Existing data do not support the conclusions of Bradbury et al. (1989) who did not find evidence of a 14 000±yr B.P. highstand lake in the sediments of the Walker Lake subbasin. These data also do not support the existence of a highstand lake in the Walker Lake subbasin between 30 000 and 25 000 yr B.P. |
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Keywords: | Lake Lahontan lake-level change climate change paleolimnology paleohydrology |
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