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Late Pleistocene highstand and recession of a small, high-altitude pluvial lake, Jakes Valley, central Great Basin, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Antonio Francisco García  and
Martin Stokes
Antonio Francisco García*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA.
Martin Stokes
Affiliation:
Geology Department, School of Earth, Ocean, and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: +44 805 756 2435.Email Address:afagrcia@calpoly.edu(A.F. García), M.Stokes@plymouth.ac.uk(M. Stokes).
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Abstract

Models of factors controlling late Pleistocene pluvial lake-level fluctuations in the Great Basin are evaluated by dating lake levels in Jakes Valley. “Jakes Lake” rose to a highstand at 13,870 ± 50 14C Yr B.P., receded to a stillstand at 12,440 ± 50 14C yr B.P., and receded steadily to desiccation thereafter. The Jakes Lake highstand is roughly coincident with highstands of lakes Bonneville, Lahontan and Russell. The rise to highstand and recession of Jakes Lake were most likely controlled by a storm track steered by the polar jet stream. The final stillstand of Jakes Lake helps constrain timing of northward retreat of the polar jet stream during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition.

Keywords

Great BasinPluvial lakesJakes ValleyPaleoclimateBeach ridges
Type
Short Paper
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 179 - 186
Copyright
University of Washington

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