Eastern Mojave Vegetation Owens Valley, Inyo County, California.
 
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Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Big Pine. Owens Lake Valley. Fish Lake Valley.

See also: Independence Creek Campground. Saline Valley.

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Large Valley bordered on the west by the Sierra Nevada, and on the east by the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains.

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Literature Referring To This Location:

  • Paul R. Bierman, Paul R., Alan R. Gillespie, and Marc W. Caffee. 1995. Cosmogenic Ages for Earthquake Recurrence Intervals and Debris Flow Fan Deposition, Owens Valley, California. Science. 270(5235):447-450.
  • Danskin, Wesley R. 1998. Evaluation of the hydrologic system and selected water-management alternatives in the Owens, Valley, California. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2370-H. Denver, CO: U.S. Geological Survey, 1998.
  • Dixon, Timothy H.; Miller, Meghan; Farina, Frederic; Wang, Hongzhi; Johnson, Daniel. 2000. Present-day motion of the Sierra Nevada block and some tectonic implications for the Basin and Range province, North American Cordillera. Tectonics. 19(1):1-24.
  • Elmoore, Andrew J., John F. Mustard, and Sara J. Manning. 2003. REGIONAL PATTERNS OF PLANT COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN WATER: OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. Ecological Applications. 13(2):443-460.
  • Gillespie, Alan R. 1991. Quaternary subsidence of Owens Valley, California. pp. 356-382 in Hall, Jr., Clarence A., Victoria Doyle-Jones, and Barbara Widawski. White Mountain Research Station Symposium. Natural history of eastern California and high-altitude research. 3.
  • Groeneveld, David P. 1992. Groundwater pumping and Measure to Preserve the Local Environment. pp. 128-155 in Hall, Jr., Clarence A, Victoria Doyle-Jones, and Barbara Widawski. White Mountain Research Station Symposium Volume 4. The History of water: Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo mountains. White Mountain Research Station: University of California, 1992. {TAS-pdf} ISBN-10: 1879851040
  • Grubi, Vanda, and Joachin Kuettner. 2006. Final Plans for the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment. meteo9.uibk.ac.at/trex/lit/Grubisic_Kuettner_2003_ICAM.pdf
  • Hollett, K.J. ; Danskin, W.R. ; McCaffrey, W.F. ; Walti, C.L. 1989. Geology and water resources of Owens Valley, California. Reston, VA 2209: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1989.
  • Hubert, J. F., and A. J. Filipov. 1989. Debris-flow deposits in alluvial fans on the west flank of the White Mountains, Owens Valley, California, U.S.A. Sedimentary Geology. 61(3-4):177-205.
  • Kahrl, William L. 1983. Water and Power: The Conflict Over Los Angeles Water Supply in the Owens Valley. Berkeley, CA: Published by University of California Press, 1983.
  • Manning, Sara J. 1994. Changes in Owens Valley Vegetation Due to Groundwater Pumping and Six Years of Drought. Crossosoma. 21(1):1-16. {TAS}
  • Modin, John. 1998. Whirling Disease in California: A Review of Its History, Distribution, and Impacts, 1965–1997. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 10(2):132-142.
  • Reheis, Marith C., and Timothy H. Dixon. 1996. Kinematics of the Eastern California shear zone: Evidence for slip transfer from Owens and Saline Valley fault zones to Fish Lake Valley fault zone. Geology. 24(6):339-342.
  • Reynolds, Robert E., and David R. Jessey. 2009. Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin. The 2009 Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings. Fullerton and Riverside, Ca: Desert Studies Consortium, California State University and LSA Associates, Inc., April 2009. {TAS}
  • Sauder, R. A. 1994. The lost frontier: water diversion in the growth and destruction of Owens Valley agriculture. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1994.
  • Savage, J. C., M. Lisowski, and W. H. Prescott. 1990. An apparent shear zone trending north-northeast across the Mojave Desert into Owens Valley, eastern California. Geophysical Research Letters. 17(12):2113-2116. {TAS-pdf} An early paper about the eastern California shear zone. Hints at a connection to the Walker Lane.
  • Sorenson, S. K., P. D. Dileanis, and F. A. Branson. 1991. Prepared in cooperation with Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.. Soil Water and Vegetation Responses to Precipitation and Changes in Depth to Ground Water in Owens Valley, California. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2370. Denver, CO: 1991.
  • Steward, Julian H. 1933. Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnography. 33(3):233-250. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1933. {TAS-pdf}
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