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A continuous 4000-year lake-level record of Owens Lake, south-central Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2018

Steven N. Bacon ,
Nicholas Lancaster ,
Scott Stine ,
Edward J. Rhodes  and
Grace A. McCarley Holder
Steven N. Bacon*
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA
Nicholas Lancaster
Affiliation:
Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA
Scott Stine
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California State University East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, USA
Edward J. Rhodes
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
Grace A. McCarley Holder
Affiliation:
Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 157 Short Street, Bishop, California 93514, USA
*
*Corresponding author at: Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512, USA. E-mail address: [email protected] (S.N. Bacon).
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Abstract

Reconstruction of lake-level fluctuations from landform and outcrop evidence typically involves characterizing periods with relative high stands. We developed a new approach to provide water-level estimates in the absence of shoreline evidence for Owens Lake in eastern California by integrating landform, outcrop, and existing lake-core data with wind-wave and sediment entrainment modeling of lake-core sedimentology. We also refined the late Holocene lake-level history of Owens Lake by dating four previously undated shoreline features above the water level (1096.4 m) in AD 1872. The new ages coincide with wetter and cooler climate during the Neopluvial (~3.6 ka), Medieval Pluvial (~0.8 ka), and Little Ice Age (~0.35 ka). Dates from stumps below 1096 m also indicate two periods of low stands at ~0.89 and 0.67 ka during the Medieval Climatic Anomaly. The timing of modeled water levels associated with 22 mud and sand units in lake cores agree well with shoreline records of Owens Lake and nearby Mono Lake, as well as with proxy evidence for relatively wet and dry periods from tree-ring and glacial records within the watershed. Our integrated analysis provides a continuous 4000-yr lake-level record showing the timing, duration, and magnitude of hydroclimate variability along the south-central Sierra Nevada.

Keywords

Late HoloceneOwens LakeSierra NevadaPaleoclimatologyHydroclimatic variabilityWind-wave modelingLake-water depth modelingShorelines
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Quaternary Research , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , September 2018 , pp. 276 - 302
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018 

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