Latest Pleistocene through Holocene Lake Levels from the TL05-4 Cores, Tulare Lake, CA, U.S.A.: constrained by the Smear Slide Technique

• Main Author: Padilla, Kelsey A
• Other Authors: Negrini, Robert, Krugh, William C., Guo, Junhua
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State University, Bakersfield 2015
• Subjects: Holocene Geologic Period; California > Tulare Lake Region; Pleistocene Geologic Epoch; Lake sediments; Low Lake; Pacific; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12680/2227ms92z

Lake sediments are often associated with high deposition rates, thus offering a detailed repository of lake level, climate, and the terrestrial environment surrounding the lake. Prior to diversion of stream flow for the purpose of irrigation, Tulare Lake was the largest fresh water lake west of the...