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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1150

Surficial Geology of the Floor of Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada) as Defined by Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Lake-Floor Topography, and Post-Impoundment Sediment Thickness


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Gould, H.R., 1951, Some quantitative aspects of Lake Mead turbidity currents: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Special Publication 2, p. 34-52.

Longwell, C.R., 1960, Geologic setting of Lake Mead, in Smith, W.O., Vetter, C.P., and Cummings, G.B., eds., Comprehensive Survey of Sedimentation in Lake Mead, 1948-1949: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 295, p. 11-20.

Ludington, Steve, Moring, B.C., Miller, R.J., Stone, P.A., Bookstrom, A.A., Bedford, D.R., Evans, J.G., Haxel, G.A., Nutt, C.J., Flyn, K.S., and Hopkins, M.J., 2005, Preliminary integrated geologic map databases of the United States - Western States: California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah, Version 1.3 (updated December 2007): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1305, available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1305/.

Smith, W.O., Vetter, C.P., and Cummings, G.B., 1960, eds., Comprehensive survey of sedimentation in Lake Mead, 1948-1949: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 295, 254 p.

Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., and Belew, S.D., 2003, Mapping the floor of Lake Mead (Nevada and Arizona): Preliminary discussion and GIS data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-320, available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-320/.

Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., Hanson, A.D., Buck, B.J., Zybala, J.G., and Rudin, M.J., 2005, Seismic architecture and lithofacies of turbidites in Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada, U.S.A.), and analogue for topographically complex basins: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p. 134-148.

Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., Rudin, M.J., and Parolski, K.F., 1999, Surficial geology and distribution of post-impoundment sediment of the western part of Lake Mead based on a sidescan sonar and high-resolution seismic-reflection survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-581, 27 p., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of99-581/.

Twichell, D.C., Cross, V.A., Rudin, M.J., and Parolski, K.F., 2001, Surficial geology and distribution of post-impoundment sediment in Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-70, 27 p., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of01-070/.

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