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Lake Level Reconstructions


Pyramid Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.  Photo by Larry Benson. The water level in lakes fluctuates with changes in moisture balance (precipitation minus evaporation) within the lake basin. In closed basin lakes, particularly in arid regions, lake level fluctuations can be dramatic, resulting in fossil shoreline deposits and other features indicative of past lake level. A history of moisture balance and climate in the basin can then be derived.

WDC for Paleoclimatology archives Paleolimnologic, Pollen, and Plant Macrofossil data separately from the Lake Level data described on this page.

Image at left: Pyramid Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada by Larry Benson

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