Tectonic speleogenesis of Devis Hole, Nevada, and implications for hydrogeology and the development of long, continuous paleoenvironmental records

Auteurs :
RIGGS, A.C.
CARR, W.J.
KOLESAR, P.T.
HOFFMAN, R.J.

Description :
Devils Hole is located in a region of active extension. Such extensional environments can provide conditions favorable for accumulation of deposits preserving long, continuous paleoenvironmental records. The precipitates in Devils Hole store chronologies of flow system water-level fluctuations, hydrochemistry, a half-million-yr proxy paleoclimate record, evidence of Devis Hole's tectonic origin, and probably atmospheric circulation.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1994, vol. 42, n°. 3, p. 241-254, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 ref.

Date :
1994

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