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  • Usage in publication:
    • Tahoe glacial stage
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Blackwelder, Eliot, 1931, Pleistocene glaciation in the Sierra Nevada and Basin Ranges: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 42, no. 4, p. 865-922, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:31,680)


Summary:

Pg. 865-922. Tahoe stage. Next to youngest glacial stage, represented by till on east slope of Sierra Nevada, California. Named from Lake Tahoe, along western shore of which several large glaciers of this stage descended from Sierra Nevada and built strong moraines, but Lake Tahoe itself is not of glacial origin. Correlated with Iowan stage. Age is Pleistocene.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2108).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Tahoe glacial stage
    • Tahoe till
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Putnam, W.C., 1949, Quaternary geology of the June Lake district, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 60, no. 8, p. 1281-1302, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:70,400)


Summary:

Pg. 1290-1291. Tahoe glacial stage; Tahoe till. At least four ice advances occurred in Pleistocene; earliest, here named Aeolian Buttes, was followed by Sherwin, Tahoe, and Tioga, previously named by Blackwelder. Rhyolitic ash and pumice, now Bishop welded tuff, were erupted in interval between Aeolian Buttes and Sherwin glacial stages.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3808-3809).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Tahoe glacial stage
    • Tahoe till
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
Publication:

Putnam, W.C., 1960, Origin of Rock Creek and Owens River gorges, Mono County, California: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, v. 34, no. 5, p. 221-280, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:24,000)


Summary:

Pg. 235-238, map 1. Tahoe glacial stage; Tahoe till. Sherwin till is pre- rather than post-Bishop tuff. Name Aeolian Buttes considered invalid as representing an earlier Pleistocene, pre-Sherwin glacial stage. Hence, glacial sequence is McGee, Sherwin, Tahoe, and Tioga.
[GNC remark (ca. 1966, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3809): Name amended to Tahoe Glaciation in compliance with 1961 Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature. Adopted by the USGS.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3808-3809).


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