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Evaluating Sedimentary Geochemical Lake-Level Tracers In Walker Lake, Nevada, Over The Last 200 Years, Fasong Yuan, Braddock K. Linsley, Stephen S. Howe
Evaluating Sedimentary Geochemical Lake-Level Tracers In Walker Lake, Nevada, Over The Last 200 Years, Fasong Yuan, Braddock K. Linsley, Stephen S. Howe
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Walker Lake, a hydrologically closed, saline, alkaline lake located along the western margin of the Great Basin of western United States, has experienced a 77% reduction in volume and commitment drop in lake level as a result of anthropogenic perturbations and climatic fluctuations over the last century. The history of lake-level change in Walker Lake has been recorded instrumentally since 1860. A high-resolution multi-proxy sediment core record from Walker Lake has been generated through analysis of total inorganic carbon (TIC), total organic carbon (TOC), and oxygen and carbon isotope ratios (δ18O and δ13 C) of both downcore …