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Fig. 20. Dive light [(about 8-in (15-cm) long] is resting vertically on accumulation of sunken calcite rafts about 4 ft (1.2 m) below water surface, west wall of Browns Room. The accumulation resembles a miniature talus. Water surface and folia are visible near the top and right corner of photo, respectively. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures...
In support of paleoclimatology investigations, samples of mammillary calcite, calcitic folia, and flowstone were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Devils Hole and Devils Hole Cave 2, Nevada, between 1983 and 1996. These samples came from about 60 m below to 9 m above the modern water table in these caverns. To determine δ18O and δ13C time series spanning the interval 567.7–4.5 ka, more than a thousand samples were milled and analyzed for their δ18O and δ13C values. To determine time-series ages, more than a hundred samples were analyzed using uranium-series dating. Many of these measurement results have not been published. Herein, we provide previously unpublished δ13C and δ18O values, and we provide unpublished...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Death Valley National Park,
Devils Hole,
Devils Hole Cave 2,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
carbon,
Fig. 12. Narrow entrance in main chamber of Devils Hole (above and slightly to right of F in Fig. 4) that allows access to Browns Room. Nylon safety guideline is just to left of diver. White PVC case attached to scuba tank is housing for battery pack to power helmet-mounted dive light. Depth about 80 ft (24.4 m) below water surface. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water...
The mid-to-late Pleistocene Devils Hole δ18O record has been extended from 60,000 to 4500 yr ago. The new δ18O time series, in conjunction with the one previously published, is shown to be a proxy of Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) off the coast of California. During marine oxygen isotope stages (MIS) 2 and 6, the Devil Hole and SST time series exhibit a steady warming that began 5000 to > 10,000 yr prior to the last and penultimate deglaciations. Several possible proximate causes for this early warming are evaluated. The magnitude of the peak δ18O or SST during the last interglacial (LIG) is significantly greater (1 per mill and 2 to 3°C, respectively) than the peak value of these parameters for the...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Atmospheric teleconnection,
Devils Hole,
Eastern Pac
Fig. 4. SW-NE section of Devils Hole, NV (modified from Riggs and others, 1994, “Tectonic Speleogenesis of Devils Hole...”, Quaternary Research v. 42, p. 241–254), which in turn was modified from one by W. L. Acree, National Park Service, May 1973, library, Death Valley National Monument, Death Valley, CA. The locations of several images (figures) in this Picture Story are referenced to letters A–J in this figure. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman,...
Fig. 2. This naturally-formed opening to the regional aquifer provides the only known natural habitat for the endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). This site also provides the opportunity for scientists to perform novel research in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences, the results of which have local, regional, and global implications. Water-level recorder in wood housing (white) with stilling well is visible near pool below. Devils Hole, Nevada. 1985. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor...
Fig. 26. Water surface of Lienhaupels Pool (below J in Fig. 4) several meters to the NE of the pool in Browns Room. For all practical purposes, this is the furthest lateral (N/S) extent of Browns Room. Note folia and popcorn above water surface. Wall-to-wall width in foreground about 3 ft (1 m). 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures (images),...
Fig. 29. Four-inch (10-cm)-diameter core hole of DH-11 in vein calcite on hanging wall about 100 ft (30 m) below water surface in Devils Hole. Note that there is little to no accumulation of sediment on, and thus little to no incorporation of sediment into, this overhanging surface. 1987.
Fig. 19. Folia and popcorn, two different types of speleothems, below water surface (seen at top of photo) at NE corner of pool in Browns Room. From the water surface to bottom of photo is about 4 ft (1.2 m). The occurrence of both popcorn and folia underwater suggest that the water table was lower in the past. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures...
Fig. 13. Squeezing through narrow passageway that connects the main chamber of Devils Hole to Browns Room (continuation of previous photo). 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures (images), except Figure 4, were taken in and around Devils Hole by Ray J. Hoffman from 1984 to 1993, in support of U.S. Geological Survey research into paleoclimatology...
Fig. 6. View looking up from Anvil Rock (immediately above D in Fig. 4) in main chamber of Devils Hole at about 80 ft (24.4 m) below water surface. The planar fissure strikes NE and dips 70–80 degrees to SE. Widths of the fissure typically range < 6.5 ft ( <2 m). White translucent mammillary calcite coats hanging wall (left in photo) of Paleozoic carbonate bedrock. Footwall (right in photo) is barely visible in the narrow fissure. Two U.S. Geological Survey research divers are at the pool surface. 1985. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter...
Categories: Image;
Tags: Death Valley National Park,
Devils Hole,
Hoffman, Ray J. Digital Collection,
National Parks,
Nevada,
Fig. 23. In pool at NW corner of Browns Room. Chemical light is about 6-in. (15.2-cm) long. Note that folia typically form on vertical-to-overhanging surfaces, seen at extreme right and left in photo near the water surface. Horizontal color bands (“bathtub ring”) on upward-facing slope mark former higher water levels. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater...
Fig. 1. Interpretive sign, Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, southern Nevada. 1985. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures (images), except Figure 4, were taken in and around Devils Hole by Ray J. Hoffman from 1984 to 1993, in support of U.S. Geological Survey research into paleoclimatology and aquifer geochemistry in cooperation with the National...
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release consists of a spreadsheet presenting high-frequency water levels in feet below a measuring point (MP) at Devils Hole in Nye County, Nevada. Water-level data are collected at USGS site 362532116172701 by the National Park Service, using a data logger programmed to collect water-level every 15 minutes or every 5 seconds when a water-level change greater than 0.015 feet is detected. Data are analyzed, approved, and audited according to USGS standards as described in U.S. Geological Survey Office of Surface Water memo 2017.10. Continuous 15-minute data are published in the National Water Information System (NWIS) database. Irregular periods of 5-second data collected during...
This data release documents a modified version of the Death Valley version 3 steady-state (DV3-SS) model described in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1863 (https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1863). The DV3-SS model was modified by conversion into a superposition model with initial heads of 0 ft (0 m). Simulated water-level changes are relative to modern, predevelopment (pre-1950) conditions, where modern levels have a reference datum of 0 ft (0 m). The modified DV3-SS model is a three-dimensional, groundwater model (MODFLOW-2005) that was used to estimate paleo-recharge in the Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, using the Devils Hole (cave 2) water-table record that spans the last 350,000 years. Two...
Fig. 28. Coring apparatus wedged between hanging wall (left in photo) and footwall in about 6-ft (1.8-m) wide fissure of Devils Hole. The apparatus is manually operated. Note accumulated fine-grained sediment incorporated into precipitated calcite on the exposed up-facing surface to the right in photo. 1987. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures (images),...
Fig. 24. West wall in Browns Room about 5 ft (1.5 m) below water surface. The reason for the discoloration beginning at about 3 ft (1 m) below water surface is unknown. Perhaps it marks a former lower water level. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water and underwater figures (images), except Figure 4, were taken in and around Devils Hole by Ray J. Hoffman from 1984...
Setup used to obtain mammillary calcite core, Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, Nevada. 1987.
Fig. 30. The setup used to obtain mammillary calcite core DH-11 from the hanging wall in Devils Hole, about 100 ft (30m) below water surface. The gold-colored column with rack and steel claw support the air motor and 4-in (10-cm)-diameter core barrel. The surface shape of the mammillary calcite mimics the morphology of the underlying bedrock. And again note that there is little to no accumulation of sediment on overhanging surfaces. 1987. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan,...
Fig. 21. SW comer of pool in Browns Room about 3.3 ft (1 m) below water surface. Folia are present below water surface (near top of photo) and mammillary calcite coating below. The west wall is to the right in the photo and the south wall is to the left along an apparent fault line with some vertical displacement. The reason for the discoloration at about 3.3 ft (1 m) below water surface is unknown, but surfaces are discolored elsewhere in the main pool in Browns Room (Figs. 20 and 24) and in Leinhaupels Pool (personal observation). 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs,...
Fig. 17. Folia, a type of speleothem, are shown just above water surface at NE corner pool in Browns Room. Folia typically form at the air/water/substrate interface on down-facing (hanging wall) surfaces. The chemical light is about 6-in (15.2-cm) long, and it bridges folia on the hanging wall and flowstone(?) on the footwall. 1986. Additional information: Devils Hole Picture Story Principal investigator: Isaac J. Winograd, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Principal research dive team: Alan C. Riggs, U.S. Geological Survey (retired); Peter T. Kolesar, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and Ray J. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey (retired). Description of Figures All of the above-water...
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