Lake Ivanpah: An overlooked pluvial lake in the southern Great Basin, U. S. A

• Published in: Quaternary science reviews Vol. 254; p. 106792
• Main Authors: Spaulding, W. Geoffrey, Sims, Douglas B., Harvey, Korey T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.02.2021
• Subjects: Arid-lands geomorphology; Climate change; Dry lakes; Paleoclimatology; Pluvial lakes; Quaternary paleohydrology; Climate change; Pluvial lakes; Paleoclimatology; Quaternary paleohydrology; Arid-lands geomorphology; Dry lakes

A long-held but untested hydroclimatic model maintains that, in the arid southern Great Basin, U.S.A., hydrographically isolated watersheds held no late Quaternary paleolakes, even during pluvial periods. We test this model at Ivanpah Dry Lake, which has a watershed lying wholly within the mountains...