Core OL-92 from Owens Lake, southeast California

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-683

Table of Contents

1. Introduction (G.I. Smith)

2. Field log of Core OL-92 (G.I. Smith)

3. Sedimentary and mineralogical analyses of Core OL-92
   1. Sediment Size Analyses of the Owens Lake Core (K.M. Menking, M.M. Hannah, J.P. Fitts, J.L. Bischoff, and R.S. Anderson)

   2. Clay Mineralogical Analyses of the Owens Lake Core (K.M. Menking, M.M Hannah, J.P. Fitts, J.L. Bischoff, and R.S. Anderson)

4. Geochemical analyses of Core OL-92
   1. Geochemistry of Sediments Owens Lake Drill Hole OL-92 (J.L. Bischoff, J.P. Fitts, J.A. Fitzpatrick, K.M. Menking, and B.W. King)

   2. Sediment pore-waters of Owens Lake Drill Hole OL-92 (J.L. Bischoff, J.P. Fitts, and K.M. Menking)

   3. Isotope geochemistry
      1. Isotope Geochemistry of Owens Lake Drill Hole OL-92 (L. Benson, and J.L. Bischoff)

      2. Deuterium-Hydrogen Ratios of Interstitial Fluids from Owens Lake Core OL-92 (I. Friedman, C.A. Johnson, and J.P. Fitts)

      3. The distribution and isotopic composition of sulfur in Owens Lake Core OL-92 (M.L. Tuttle)

5. Dating of sediments in Core OL-92
   1. Rock- and Paleo-Magnetic Results from Core OL-92, Owens Lake, CA (J.M. Glen, R.S. Coe, K.M. Menking, S.S. Boughn, and I. Altschul)

   2. Age and Correlation of Tephra Layers in Owens Lake Drill Core OL-92-1 and -2 (A. Sarna-Wojcicki, C.E. Meyer, E. Wan, and S. Soles)

   3. AMS radiocarbon dates on sediments from Owens Lake Drill Hole OL-92 (J.L. Bischoff, T.W. Stafford Jr., and M. Rubin)

   4. Age-Depth Relations for the Sediment Column at Owens Lake, California: OL-92 Drill Hole (J.L. Bischoff)

6. Organic remains in Core OL-92
   1. Diatoms in sediments (J.P. Bradbury)

   2. Ostracodes present in sediments (C. Carter)

   3. Identification of Mollusca from Core OL-92-2, Owens Lake, California (J.R.Firby)

   4. Owens Lake Core OL92 Fish Remains (G.R. Smith)

   5. Macroscopic Organic Material from Owens Lake Core (W.G. Spaulding)

   6. Pollen present in sediments
      1. Pollen present in Cores OL-92-1 and -3 (W.B. Woolfenden)

      2. Continental-marine correlation of Late Pleistocene climate change: Census of palynomorphs from core OL-92, Owens Lake, California (R.J. Litwin, N.O. Frederiksen, D.P. Adam, V.A.S. Andrle, and T.P. Sheehan)

7. Acknowledgments

8. Supplemental data (G.I. Smith)