U.S. Geological Survey
   U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-338

Figure 15

Figure 15.

Figure 15. Comparisons of estimates of the modern and Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climates at Yucca Mountain. Spaulding (1985) inferred a smaller difference in precipitation between today and the LGM than in this report, in part because his estimate of modern precipitation is higher than the one used here.

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