REFERENCES CITED

Hemphill-Haley, M. A., 1987, Quaternary stratigraphy and late Holocene faulting along the base of the eastern escarpment of Steens Mountain, southeastern Oregon: M.S. thesis, Arcata, Humboldt State University, 84 p.

Lindberg, D.N., and Hemphill-Haley, M.A., 1988, Late-Pleistocene pluvial history of the Alvord basin, Harney Co., Oregon [abstract]: Northwest Science, v. 62, no. 2, p. 81.

Mifflin, M. D., and Wheat, M. M., 1979, Pluvial lakes and estimated pluvial climates of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 94, 57 p.

Reheis, M. C., and Morrison, R. B., 1997, High, old pluvial lakes of western Nevada, in Link, P. K., and Kowallis, B. J., eds., Proterozoic to recent stratigraphy, tectonics, and volcanology, Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho, and central Mexico: Provo, Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v. 1, p. 459-492.

Reheis, M. C., Sarna-Wojcicki, A. M., Reynolds, R. L., Repenning, C. A., and Mifflin, M.D., in press, Pliocene to middle Pleistocene lakes in the western Great Basin: Ages and connections, in Hershler, R., Currey, D., and Madsen, D., eds., Great Basin Aquatic Systems History: Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution.

Reheis, M.C., Slate, J.L., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., and Meyer, C.E., 1993, A late Pliocene to middle Pleistocene pluvial lake in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada and California: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 105, p. 959-967. Stewart, J. H., and Dohrenwend, J. C., 1984, Geologic map of the Wellington quadrangle, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-211, scale 1:62,500.

Weide, D. L., 1975, Postglacial geomorphology and environments of the Warner Valley Hart Mountain area, Oregon: Ph.D. dissertation, Los Angeles, University of California, 293 p.

PLEISTOCENE LAKES SUMMARY

Most late Pleistocene shoreline altitudes and lake names are from Mifflin and Wheat (1979). Lake Warner shoreline from Weide (1975), Lake Alvord shoreline and overflow from Hemphill-Haley (1987), and Lake Coyote shoreline and overflow from Lindberg and Hemphill-Haley (1988). Shaded relief base generated in Arc/Info from USGS 1:250,000-scale DEMs. Pre-late Pleistocene shorelines from Reheis and others (1993), Reheis and Morrison (1997), and Reheis and others (in press), except for Lake Wellington (Stewart and Dohrenwend, 1984). See Reheis and others(1993; in press) for information on lake-deposit localities.Map projection: Lambert Conformal Conic.Digital cartography: Michael O'Donnell and Jonathon Rademaekers.

Area of late Pleistocene lakes (not all are shown).Shoreline altitude in meters shown below lake name

Maximum known area of pre-late Pleistocene lakes(not all basins have been examined for evidenceof pre-late Pleistocene deposits)

Possible additional area of pre-late Pleistocene lakes(former elevation raised by sedimentation)

Pre-late Pleistocene lake-deposit locality

Pliocene lake-deposit locality

Late Pleistocene overflow

Possible pre-late Pleistocene overflow and modern sill heightin meters above late Pleistocene lake level

Late Pleistocene boundary of Lahontan basin

Major drainages in the Lahontan basin

Inferred increase of drainage basin areain pre-late Pleistocene time

EXTENT OF PLEISTOCENE LAKES IN THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN

Marith Reheis

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORU.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIESMAP MF-2323

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Manuscript approved for publication June 16, 1999

Any use of trade names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not implyendorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey

This map was produced on request, directly from digital files, on an electronic plotter.

This map is also available as a PDF file at http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov

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Lake Warner

Lake Alvord

Lake Coyote

Lake Meinzer

Lake Surprise

Lake Lahontan

Lake Lahontan

Lake Lahontan

Lake Clover

Lake WaringLake Eagle

Lake FranklinLake Buffalo

Lake DiamondLake Gilbert

Lake Dixie

Lake Hubbs

Lake Antelope

Lake Gale

Lake Newark

Lake Edwards

Lake Spring

Lake Desatoya Lake Jake

Lake Labou

Lake Tahoe

Lake Toiyabe

Lake Maxey

Lake Wellington

Lake Railroad

Lake Carpenter

Lake Cave

Lake Rhodes

Lake Russell

Lake Tonopah

Lake ReveilleLake Columbus

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1278

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1567

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1926

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1762

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1484

1824

1829

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Lake Jonathan

Lake Rennie

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