Lake Manly(?) shorelines in the Eastern Mojave Desert, California

Auteur :
HOOKE, R.L.

Description :
During pluvial periods of the late Quaternary, Death Valley was occupied by a lake, called Lake Manly. The most prominent shoreline of this lake is that of the Blackwelder stand, 90 m above sea level. The Mesquite Spring and Salt Spring Hills shorelines were probably formed by the Blackwelder stand and subsequently displaced , tectonically, due to transpression in the northeastern Mojave Desert and NW-SE extension across Death Valley. This tectonic regime would result in subsidence of Death Valley and the Salt Spring Hills relative to Mesquite Spring.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1999, vol. 52, n°. 3, p. 328-336, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 32 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier