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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 659 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Developments in earth surface processes ; volume 20 |
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Developments in earth surface processes ; v. 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 1, 2016). |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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6.2. "For a Time the Outpouring Was a Veritable Débâcle"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 |
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Bonneville, Lake.
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Geology -- Utah.
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Lakes -- Utah.
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Geomorphology -- Fieldwork.
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Bonneville, Lac.
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Lacs -- Utah.
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Géomorphologie -- Recherche sur le terrain.
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General
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Geology
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Lakes
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United States -- Lake Bonneville
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Utah https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm98v6hGkHHKKcx4QvCQq
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Géologie -- Bonneville, lac -- Pléistocène.
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| Added Author |
Oviatt, Charles Gifford, editor.
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Shroder, John F., 1939- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 0444635904 9780444635907 (OCoLC)949750178 |
| ISBN |
9780444635945 (electronic bk.) |
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0444635947 (electronic bk.) |
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9780444635907 |
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0444635904 |
| Standard No. |
DEBSZ 482473177 |
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GBVCP 879399376 |
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AU@ 000058968560 |
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CHNEW 001013763 |
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UKMGB 018086786 |
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