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SPECIAL PAPER 536

From Saline to Freshwater:
The Diversity of Western Lakes in Space and Time
Special Paper 536
From Saline to Freshwater Beginning with the nineteenth-century territorial surveys, the lakes and
From Saline to Freshwater
From Saline to Freshwater
Edited by Scott W. Starratt and Michael R. Rosen
The Diversity of Western Lakes in Space and Time
lacustrine deposits in what is now the western United States were recog-
Edited by Scott W. Starratt and Michael R. Rosen
of the twentieth century, these systems have been acknowledged as
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outstanding examples of depositional systems serving as models for
energy exploration and environmental analysis, many with global
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applications in the twenty- rst century. The localities presented
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Formation in Utah and Florissant Formation in Colorado, through
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the Pleistocene and Holocene lakes of the Great Basin to lakes
along the California and Oregon coast. The chapters explore
environmental variability, sedimentary processes, re history, the

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impact of lakes on crustal exure, and abrupt climate events in arid
regions, often through the application of new tools and proxies.
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