QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE JUNE LAKE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA

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Research Article| August 01, 1949 QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE JUNE LAKE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA WILLIAM C PUTNAM WILLIAM C PUTNAM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES 24, CALIFORNIA. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information WILLIAM C PUTNAM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES 24, CALIFORNIA. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 04 Nov 1948 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1949, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1949) 60 (8): 1281–1302. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1949)60[1281:QGOTJL]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 04 Nov 1948 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation WILLIAM C PUTNAM; QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE JUNE LAKE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. GSA Bulletin 1949;; 60 (8): 1281–1302. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1949)60[1281:QGOTJL]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract In the June Lake district of east-central California, the Sierra Nevada has been uplifted along a number of closely-spaced faults, and the rectilinear outline of the range front is controlled by their pattern. That repeated movement is characteristic of these faults is shown by increasing throw where they cut successively older moraines.There were at least four ice advances in the Pleistocene: the earliest stage, here named the Aeolian Buttes, was followed by the Sherwin, Tahoe, and Tioga, previously named by Blackwelder. Constructional forms have been destroyed on the two older tills but are preserved on the later ones.Large quantities of rhyolitic ash and pumice, now the welded Bishop tuff, were erupted in the interval between the Aeolian Buttes and Sherwin glacial stages. A small basalt flow near June Lake rests on Tahoe till and was glaciated in part by Tioga ice. Plug domes and flows of rhyolitic obsidian of the Mono and Inyo craters were erupted following the Tioga stage. Pumice from these volcanoes covers late recessional moraines, and these volcanic slopes near Mono Lake are not cut by Pleistocene shore lines.Mono Lake was much larger in the Pleistocene, and the name Lake Russell is proposed for this lake. During the Tahoe stage the lake had an outlet to the southeast and was connected with the Owens Valley-Death Valley system of lakes and channels. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.