Emergence of wet conditions in the Mono Basin of the western USA coincident with inception of the Last Glaciation

• Published in: GSA Bulletin
• Main Authors: Ali, Guleed Ahmed Hussein, Lin, Ke, Hemming, Sidney R., Cox, Stephen E., Ruprecht, Philipp, Zimmerman, Susan R. H., Stine, Scott, Wang, Xianfeng
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment, Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology; North-Atlantic Climate; Late-Pleistocene; Moe; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163741; https://doi.org/10.1130/B36084.1

At present, the Basin and Range of the western USA is arid, but geologic studies show evidence of past wetness. The timing of these wetter conditions reveals a close association with glacial conditions. This association has led to the hypothesis of a causal link between glacial climate and regional...