A Composite Depth Scale for Sediments from Crevice Lake, Montana
Open-File Report
2009-1277
By: J. G. Rosenbaum, G. Skipp, J. Honke, and C. Chapman
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Abstract
As part of a study to derive records of past environmental change from lake sediments in the western United States, a set of cores was collected from Crevice Lake, Montana, in late February and early March 2001. Crevice Lake (latitude 45.000N, longitude 110.578W, elevation 1,713 meters) lies adjacent to the Yellowstone River at the north edge of Yellowstone National Park. The lake is more than 31 meters deep and has a surface area of 7.76 hectares. The combination of small surface area and significant depth promote anoxic bottom-water conditions that preserve annual laminations (varves) in the sediment.
Three types of cores were collected through the ice. The uppermost sediments were obtained in freeze cores that preserved the sediment water interface. Two sites were cored with a 5-centimeter diameter corer. Five cores were taken with a 2-meter-long percussion piston corer. The percussion core uses a plastic core liner with an inside diameter of 9 centimeters. Coring was done at two sites. Because of the relatively large diameter of the percussion cores, samples from these cores were used for a variety of analyses including pollen, charcoal, diatoms, stable isotopes, organic and inorganic carbon, elemental analyses, and magnetic properties.
Suggested Citation
Rosenbaum, J.G., Skipp, G., Honke, J., Chapman, C., 2010, A Composite Depth Scale for Sediments from Crevice Lake, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1277, Report: iv, 5 p.; Figure (8.5 x 38 inches), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091277.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | A Composite Depth Scale for Sediments from Crevice Lake, Montana |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2009-1277 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20091277 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Surface Processes Team - Central Region |
| Description | Report: iv, 5 p.; Figure (8.5 x 38 inches) |
| Time Range Start | 2001-02-15 |
| Time Range End | 2001-03-15 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |