178:
20:
52:
28:
162:
When warm air from arid regions meets chilled air from glaciers, cloudy, cool, rainy weather is created beyond the terminus of the glacier. That humid climate was present during the last glacial period in North
America and caused more precipitation than evaporation. The increase in rainfall fills the
110:
cycle: wet cycles generate large lakes, and dry cycles cause the lakes to recede. Accumulated sediments show the variation in water level. During glacial periods, when the lake level is fairly high, mud sediments will settle out and be deposited. At times in between
66:
is a body of water that accumulated in a basin because of a greater moisture availability resulting from changes in temperature and/or precipitation. These intervals of greater moisture availability are not always contemporaneous with
153:
in
California and suggest that the water temperature was about 7 degrees Fahrenheit (or 4 degrees Celsius) cooler than current temperatures. Radiocarbon dating of the youngest mud beds yield dates from 24,000 to 12,000 years ago.
142:, which covered roughly 19,000 square miles (49,000 km). When Lake Bonneville was at its maximum water level, it was 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than the
265:
166:
During interglacial periods, the climate becomes arid once more and causes the lakes to evaporate and dry up.
367:
362:
119:), salt deposits may be present because of the arid climate and the evaporation of lakewater.
72:
8:
44:
19:
261:
79:. Pluvial lakes that have since evaporated and dried out may also be referred to as
277:
230:
215:
191:
143:
135:
76:
282:
68:
356:
205:
123:
56:
40:
325:
183:
150:
116:
131:
36:
235:
225:
220:
210:
127:
32:
51:
200:
196:
107:
27:
112:
122:
Several pluvial lakes formed in what is now the southwestern
92:
139:
149:
Fresh water mollusks have been found in mud deposits from
23:
Pleistocene pluvial lakes and rivers of the Mojave Desert
173:
342:Lutgens, Frederick K.; Tarbuck, Edward J. (1987).
324:
354:
344:The Earth, An Introduction to Physical Geology
341:
312:. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
303:
301:
327:Geology, An Introduction to Physical Geology
346:. Columbus, OH: Merrill Publishing Company.
307:
322:
298:
250:
50:
26:
18:
106:Pluvial lakes represent changes in the
355:
335:
55:Ice Age pluvial lakes in the western
13:
16:Landlocked basin (endorheic basin)
14:
379:
331:. New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
163:drainage basin and forms a lake.
176:
310:Surface Processes and Landforms
316:
270:
71:. Pluvial lakes are typically
1:
244:
323:Chernicoff, Stanley (1995).
308:Easterbrook, Don J. (1999).
260:Cambridge University Press.
258:and semi-arid geomorphology.
157:
86:
7:
169:
10:
384:
101:
91:The word comes from the
98:, which means "rain".
59:
48:
24:
54:
30:
22:
256:Goudie, A.S., 2013.
134:. One of these was
45:Barstow, California
60:
49:
25:
266:978-1-107-00554-9
375:
348:
347:
339:
333:
332:
330:
320:
314:
313:
305:
296:
295:
293:
291:
274:
268:
254:
186:
181:
180:
179:
77:endorheic basins
383:
382:
378:
377:
376:
374:
373:
372:
368:Endorheic lakes
353:
352:
351:
340:
336:
321:
317:
306:
299:
289:
287:
276:
275:
271:
255:
251:
247:
239:"Lake Cabonera"
231:Proglacial lake
216:Great Salt Lake
192:Lake Bonneville
182:
177:
175:
172:
160:
144:Great Salt Lake
136:Lake Bonneville
104:
89:
69:glacial periods
17:
12:
11:
5:
381:
371:
370:
365:
350:
349:
334:
315:
297:
283:Dictionary.com
269:
248:
246:
243:
242:
241:
233:
228:
223:
218:
213:
208:
203:
194:
188:
187:
171:
168:
159:
156:
103:
100:
88:
85:
75:that occupied
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
380:
369:
366:
364:
363:Lakes by type
361:
360:
358:
345:
338:
329:
328:
319:
311:
304:
302:
285:
284:
279:
273:
267:
263:
259:
253:
249:
240:
237:
234:
232:
229:
227:
224:
222:
219:
217:
214:
212:
209:
207:
206:Lake Lahontan
204:
202:
198:
195:
193:
190:
189:
185:
174:
167:
164:
155:
152:
147:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
125:
124:United States
120:
118:
114:
109:
99:
97:
94:
84:
82:
78:
74:
70:
65:
58:
57:United States
53:
46:
42:
41:Mojave Desert
38:
34:
29:
21:
343:
337:
326:
318:
309:
288:. Retrieved
281:
272:
257:
252:
238:
184:Lakes portal
165:
161:
151:Searles Lake
148:
130:of the late
121:
117:interglacial
108:hydrological
105:
95:
90:
80:
73:closed lakes
64:pluvial lake
63:
61:
138:in western
132:Pleistocene
126:during the
37:Pleistocene
35:sediments (
357:Categories
290:October 6,
245:References
236:CA-SCR-177
226:Neopluvial
221:Lake Manly
211:Lake Manix
128:glaciation
81:paleolakes
33:Lake Manix
278:"Pluvial"
201:Australia
197:Lake Eyre
158:Formation
87:Etymology
39:) in the
170:See also
113:glaciers
31:Pluvial
102:Geology
286:. 2010
264:
96:pluvia
93:Latin
43:near
292:2010
262:ISBN
140:Utah
83:.
359::
300:^
280:.
199:,
146:.
62:A
294:.
115:(
47:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
