Geology and Environmental Change Science Center

Upper Colorado River Basin

The primary objective of this research is to generate longer, Holocene records (~10,000 years) of past climatic and hydrologic variability and change. Sediment cores have been retrieved from lakes on the White River and Wasatch Plateaus.

This research is a component of the USGS Climate, Land Use and Environmental Sensitivity Project.

Map of Upper Colorado Basin

Collaborators
Joe Rosenbaum, USGS - Earth Surface Processes
Walter Dean, USGS - Earth Surface Processes
Andrea Brunelle, University of Utah
Erik T. Brown, Large Lakes Observatory

The White River Plateau, Colorado

Photo of Bison Lake

Photo of Yellow Lake

In 2006 we obtained Holocene sediment cores for Yellow and Bison Lakes.

The Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Photo of Blue Lake

Photo of Emerald Lake

In collaboration with Andrea Brunelle and Ph.D. student Jesse Morris (University of Utah, Records of Environment and Disturbance) and their work on fire frequency and beetle outbreaks, we obtained cores from Blue Lake and Emerald Lake on the central Wasatch Plateau.

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