The late Holocene history of Lake Cahuilla : two thousand years of repeated fillings within the Salton Trough, Imperial Valley, California

• Main Authors: Rockwell, Thomas K., Meltzner, Aron J., Haaker, Erik C., Madugo, Danielle
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Lake Cahuilla; Lake Chronology; Radiocarbon; Paleoseismology; Archaeology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155815
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To constrain the timing of the past seven lake highstands in the Salton Trough, we compiled 423 radiocarbon dates, of which 284 are reliable and have good stratigraphic control, from paleoseismic and archeological sites in the basin. We developed two OxCal models that assume most charcoal, wood, see...