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Entry_Title: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology, and Paleomagnetism of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Lacustrine Deposits in Two Cores from Western Utah
Group: Data_Set_Citation
  Originator(s): Robert S. Thompson; C.G. Oviatt; A.P. Roberts; J. Buchner; R. Kelsey; C. Bracht; R.M. Forester; J.P. Bradbury
  Title: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology, and Paleomagnetism of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Lacustrine Deposits in Two Cores from Western Utah
  Publication: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
  Publication_Date: 1995
  Publication_Place: Denver, CO
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-001/
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Keyword: Paleoclimate
Keyword: Paleontology
Keyword: Stratigraphy
Keyword: Sedimentology
Keyword: Paleomagnetism
Keyword: Vegetation
Keyword: Precipitation
Keyword: Sediment
Keyword: Palynology
Keyword: Ostracode
Keyword: Diatom
Keyword: Pollen
Keyword: Petrology
Keyword: Lacustrine
Keyword: Carbonate
Keyword: Bishop Ash
Keyword: Black Rock Basalt
Keyword: Lava Creek B tephra
Keyword: Holocene
Keyword: Pleistocene
Keyword: Pliocene
Keyword: Brunhes
Keyword: Matuyama
Keyword: Gauss
Keyword: Jaramillo
Keyword: Cobb Mountain
Keyword: Olduvai
Keyword: Reunion
Keyword: Kaena
Group: Temporal_Coverage
  Start_date: 1995
  Stop_date: 1995
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Data_Set_Progress: Complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
  Southernmost_Latitude: 38.715
  Northernmost_Latitude: 39.035
  Westernmost_Longitude: -113.217
  Easternmost_Longitude: -112.950
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Location: western United States
Location: Utah
Location: UT
Location: Black Rock
Location: Sevier Lake
Location: Beaver River
Location: Pit of Death
Group: Data_Resolution
  Latitude_Resolution: 1
  Longitude_Resolution: 1
  Altitude_Resolution: 1
  Depth_Resolution: 0.01
  Temporal_Resolution: None planned
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  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: None
Originating_Center: (required)
Group: Data_Center
  Data_Center_Name: USGS ESIC-Open-File Report Sales
  Dataset_ID: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-1
Group: Data_Center_Contact
  Last_name: USGS ESIC-Open-File Report Sales
  First_name: N/A
  Phone: (303) 202-4210
  Group: Address
    Mail Stop 517
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Box 25286, Building 810
    Denver Federal Center
    Denver, Colorado 80225-0286
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-001/2-material/fig1.gif
  Format: GIF
  Group: Description
    Locations of sites discussed in text.  The shaded areas represent elevations above 6000
    ft (1829 m).  Woodland and forest vegetation generally occurs above this elevation,
    steppe and desert below.
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-001/3-black_rock/fig3.gif
  Format: GIF
  Group: Description
    Black Rock core stratigraphy plotted against the magnetostratigraphy, macrofossil
    occurrences, and magnetic susceptibility.  BR = Brunhes, J = Jaramillo, C = Cobb
    Mountain, O = Olduvai, R = Reunion, X = Anomaly X, K = Kaena.
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-001/4-pit_of_death/fig9.gif
  Format: GIF
  Group: Description
    Pit of Death Stratigraphy.  Br = Brunhes, J = Jaramillo, O = Olduvai, R = Réunion, X = Anomaly X.
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
  URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/of95-001/4-pit_of_death/fig13thm.gif
  Format: GIF
  Caption: Comparison of Black Rock and Pit of Death chronologies.
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Group: Reference
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Group: Summary
  We are investigating the paleoclimatic history of western Utah as part of the USGS Global
  Change and Climate History Program studies of long-term climatic changes in the western
  United States.  Our initial objective is to document the environmental conditions during
  the mid-Pliocene period of warmer-than-modern global climates (the focus of the USGS
  Pliocene Research, Interpretation, and Synoptic Mapping [PRISM] project).  We also seek to
  determine how and when these conditions gave way to the late Quaternary pattern of climatic
  variations (in which short periods of very moist climates have been separated by long
  periods of arid conditions).
  
  The data contained in this report represent our preliminary findings
  of the analyses of two cores of Pliocene and early Pleistocene
  sediments from the eastern Great Basin.  This is a collaborative
  project involving specialists from the USGS, Kansas State University,
  and the University of California-Davis in paleontology (Thompson,
  Buchner, Forester, Bradbury), stratigraphy and sedimentology (Oviatt,
  Kelsey, Bracht), and paleomagnetism and environmental magnetism
  (Roberts).
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Group: DIF_Author
  Last_name: Foley
  First_name: Kevin
  Middle_name: M.
  Email: kfoley@usgs.gov
  Phone: (703) 648-5285
  Group: Address
    Mail Stop 918
    U.S. Geological Survey
    12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
    Reston, VA 20192
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DIF_Revision_Date: 19980930
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