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Sources and Additional Information

Los Angeles Times; Apr 7, 1952; https://www.newspapers.com/image/381342260/?terms=%22surface%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bsalton%2Bsea%22

It is historically inaccurate when it mentions a 'steady surface level' for the past 40 years, 1912 to 1952.

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Life of the Salton Sea