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Sources and Additional Information

Source(s); The Salton Sea - A Study of the Geography, the Geology, The Floristics, and the Ecology of a Desert Basin by Daniel Trembly MacDougal and Collaborators - 1914 p. 16-18 and Report of a Geological Reconnaissance in California by William Phipps Blake made during an expedition lead by Lieutenant Robert Stockton Williamson p. 228 and The Salton Sea - Geology, History, Potential Problems, Politics, and Possible Futures of an Unnatural Desert Salt Lake by Larry C. Oglesby - 2005 p. 9-11, as part of Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (first published 1938) and USGS Bulletin 845 - Guidebook of the Western United States Part F. - 1933 by USA Government Printing Office p. 251

Image(s); Carnegie Institute

Note(s); Although it is a bit dated and containins numerous broken links, this web site from San Diego State University was helpful in identifying additional sources of information: Salton Basin Homepage

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Wikipedia

 

Additional information from: Salton Basin Homepage

 

Additional information from: Google Books

 

Additional information from: Google Books

 

The Salton Sea - Geology, History, Potential Problems, Politics, and Possible Futures of an Unnatural Desert Salt Lake

It is worth noting that almost one third of this book is devoted to bibliographical references which indicates an extensive depth of research.

 

 

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