Table 1
Averaged parameters (weighted) from Owens Lake sediments in drill hole
OL-92 used for calculating mass-sedimentation rates.

Averages for entire core to Bishop Tuff (6-304 m):

SR     (sedimentation rate)  = 40.1 cm/kyr
X(H2O) (pore water content)  = 0.372
x(sal) (pore water salinity) = 0.0027
rho(s) (grain density)       = 2.63g /cm3
rho(b) (bulk density)        = 2.01 g/cm3
CaCO3 content                = 12.5  wt %

MAR  (mass sedimentation rate) = 51.4 g/cm2/kyr

Averages for pre-Holocene radiocarbon-dated segment (6-24 m):

SR     (sedimentation rate)  = 78.8 cm/kyr
X(H2O) (pore water content)  = 0.548
x(sal) (pore water salinity) = 0.00093
rho(s) (grain density)       = 2.63 g/cm3
rho(b) (bulk density)        = 1.68 g/cm3
CaCO3 content                = 8.4 wt %

MAR  (mass sedimentation rate) = 52.4g/cm2/kyr