High, old Pluvial Lakes of western Nevada

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 459-492

  Reheis, Marith C ^a   Morrison, Roger ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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