Lake Lahontan
ancient lake, North America
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characteristics of pluvial lakes
- In North America: Lakes of North America
…rise to the enormous Lakes Lahontan and Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is a relic of Lake Bonneville, the ancient strandlines of which are up to 1,000 feet (300 metres) above the present shoreline. Similarly, present-day Lake Chapala in Mexico represents only a small portion of the large body of…
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expansion during Holocene Epoch
- In Holocene Epoch: Holocene climatic trends and chronology
…America, notably Lake Bonneville and Lake Lahontan (enormous ancestors of present-day Great Salt Lake and Pyramid Lake). Two peaks of lake levels were reached at about 12,000 ± 500 bp (the beginning of the Allerød Warm stage) and approximately 9000 ± 500 bp (the early Boreal Warm stage). At Lake…
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