Pyramid and Winnemucca Lake Basin Carbonate Data

Authors

Larry V. Benson, United States Geological SurveyFollow

Date of this Version

2017

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In the Pyramid and Winnemucca lake basin carbonate data folder:

New unpublished and previously published ¹⁴C and calibrated ages for materials in the Winnemucca Caves are reported in the table and in the references listed below the table

¹⁴C and calibrated ages for Winnemucca Lake Basin carbonates are reported in:

Benson, L.V., Hattori, E.M., Southon, J., Aleck, B., 2013. Dating North America’s oldest petroglyphs, Winnemucca Lake subbasin, Nevada. Journal of Archaeological Science 40, 4466-4476.

Tufa ⁸⁷Sr, ¹⁸O, and ¹³C data are reported in:

Benson, L.V., Smoot, J.P., Lund, S.P., Mensing, S.A., Rye, R.O., 2013. Insights from a synthesis of old and new climate-proxy data from the western Lahontan Basin for the period 48 to 11.5 ka. Quaternary International 310, 62-82.

Benson, L.V. and Peterman, Z., 1996, Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 3. The use of ⁸⁷Sr values of carbonate deposits (tufas) to determine the hydrologic state of paleolake systems: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 119, p. 201-213.

Benson, L.V., White, L. D., and Rye R., 1996, Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 4. Comparison of the stable isotope values of carbonate deposits (tufas) and the Lahontan lake-level record: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 122, p. 45-76.

Tufa and organic ¹⁴C data are reported in:

Benson, L.V., Smoot, J.P., Lund, S.P., Mensing, S.A., Rye, R.O., 2013. Insights from a synthesis of old and new climate-proxy data from the western Lahontan Basin for the period 48 to 11.5 ka. Quaternary International 310, 62-82.

Benson, L.V., Kashgarian M., and Rubin, M., 1995, Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 2. Lake levels and polar jet stream positions reconstructed from radiocarbon ages and elevations of carbonate deposits (tufas): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 117, p. 1-30.

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14C and calibrated ages for materials in Winnemucca Caves and other tufa dates.xlsx 11.11.2017 22:45:52 0.02 xlsx

14C and calibrated ages for WDL carbonates used in petroglyph study.xlsx 11.11.2017 22:50:20 0.01 xlsx

Tufa 87Sr, 18O, 13C datas.xlsx 11.11.2017 22:16:58 0.02 xlsx Tufa