Lake Bonneville

Grove Karl Gilbert

United States Geological Survey, 1890 - Geology - 438 pages

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Appendix B O n the Deformation of the Geoid by the Removal through Evapo ration of the Watf h of Lake Bonneville By R S Woodward 421: 4
• The Topooraphic Features ok Lake Shores: 23
• Chapter IIThe Topooraphic Features of Lake ShoresContinned: 78
• Shores of Lake Bonneville: 90
• Dimensions of Lakes: 106
• Embankment Series of the Bonneville Shoreline: 119
• The Outlet: 171
• The Bonneville Beds: 188
• Analyses of Bonneville Sediments: 201
• Condensed Results of Analyses in Table III: 202
• Mineral Contents of Fresh Waters in the Salt Lake Basin: 207
• The History of the Bonneville Basin: 214
• Analysis of Sevier Lake Desiccationprodncts and Brine: 227
• Datum Points Connected with the Ganging of Great Salt Lake: 233
• Analyses of Water of Great Salt Lake 203: 253
• Accumulation Periods for Substunces Contained in the Brine of Great Salt Lake: 255
• Fresbwater Shells in tho BonnevilleLahoutan Area: 298
• Measurements of Fluminicola fusca: 302
• Lake Bonneville and Volcanic Eruption: 319
• Lakf Bonneville and Diastrophism: 340
• Height of the Bonneville Shore line at various points: 366
• Height of the Provo Shoreline at various points: 370
• Difference in Altitnde of the Bonneville and Provo Shorelines at various points: 372
• Comparison of postBonneville postPruvo and Provo Deformations: 374
• The Age of the Equus Fauna: 393
• Summary of Paleontologic Data for the Determination of the Age of the Equns Fauna: 400
• Appendix A Altitudes and their Determination By Albert L Webster: 405
• Differences of Altitnde determined by Barometric Observations: 408
• Reduction of various Lake Gauge Zeros to the Lake Shore Datum: 410
• Gange Records showing the Height of the Water Surface of Great Salt Lake at various dates: 411
• Differences of Altitude by Special Spiritlevel Determinations: 412
• Reduction of results to a Common Datum: 413
• Comparative Schedule of Altitudes of th Bonneville Shoreline: 417
• Comparative Schedule of Altitudes of the Provo Shoreline: 418
• Differences in Altitnde of tho Bonneville and Provo Shorelines: 419
• Values showing relative positions of Level Surfaces in a Lake Basin: 425

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lake Bonneville; Volume 1 of Monographs of the United States Geological Survey
• Author: Grove Karl Gilbert
• Publisher: United States Geological Survey, 1890
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Sep 10, 2008
• Length: 438 pages