Case 6

Saline Lakes and Global Climate Change 
by Sandra Zicus

Tour II: The Great Salt Lake, Utah
 

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Slide 1: The Basin and Range Province

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Slide 2: Bonneville Salt Flats at Sunset

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Slide 3: Location Map of The Great Salt Lake (GSL) and Environs

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Slide 4: Extent of the GSL, Sevier Lake and Lake Bonneville

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Slide 5: Short-term Strand Lines on Antelope Island

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Slide 6: Fluctuations of the GSL and Lake Bonneville

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Slide 7: Ancient Shorelines of Lake Bonneville

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Slide 8:Ancient Shorelines on Fremont Island

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Slide 9: Ancient Cambrian Rocks on Antelope Island

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Slide 10:  Geology Map of Antelope Island, GSL

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Slide 11:  View of Bridger Bay from Buffalo Point

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Slide 12: Tufa Deposits on Promontory Point

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Slide 13: Bridger Bay Beach, Antelope Island

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Slide 14: The Oolitic Beach

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Slide 15: Rocky Beach on Antelope Island

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Slide 16: A Cormorant Nesting Site on the GSL

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Slide 17: Early Man along the GSL - Petroglyps

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Slide 18: Saltpans (Playas) and Freshwater Marsh Habitats

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Slide 19: Little Sahara Sand Dunes State Park

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Slide 20: Railroad Causeway Across the GSL

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Slide 21: Evaporation Ponds on the GSL

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Slide 22: Kennecott/Bingham Canyon Open-Pit Copper Mine

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Slide 23: MagCorp - Magnesium Extraction Facility

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Slide 24: The Saltair Pavilion: Before and After Flooding

 

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Created 1 November 1998. Last updated 12 December 1998.