| Show ANCESTRY OF THE GREAT BEAT SALT LAKE although its macid waters bolle belle the fact that it was over anything but an ail inland saltwater salt water sen sea great salt lake was waa anciently a fidali bresil water body with an ail outlet to tho the pacific ocean this was told to savanis savants from all over america by protestor professor schneider of the department of geology university of utah who delivered a lecture on oil tile tho ancestry of great salt lake as a feature of tile convention sessions of the american association for the advancement van cement coment of science pacific division hold held on the university campus recently three hundred forty six miles long and miles wide with a depth of 1000 feet lake bonne villo had art an area of about square miles about the size of lake huron and ten tell times as large as the area of great salt lake the lake was waa named after captain benjamin bonneville by grove giove K X gilbert first geologist completely to chart the outline of the ancient inland sea the lake stood at this level dr schneider Sch nolder said long enough to cut a shore terrace feet wide in III quartzite a 0 very hard hanl rock then with increased ignots ture lit in the area tile the lake rose roae from froin this level known as the bonneville lovel level and developed an outlet at rod red rock pass nt at the north end of cache valley for a comparatively long time tile lake discharged a largo large volume of water to the pacific ocean by way of tile the inako and columbia rivers this copious discharge ot of water continued until tile the channel and ilke had boon non lowered feet then tile the actual phenomenon of occurred the rainfall and other moisture conditions b because c c a u e 0 of f chiu 1 ial i igea 4 e s for a drier climate i i a t e sw were e r e ci no 0 1 longer 0 t ig er able to maintain the lake at this discharge level and it dwindled to its ita present size by dessi cation although the clil climate liate was waa coldor colder than now with attendant glaciers in the tha wasatch and uintah mountains such animals atilina ls as tile the musk ox mountain sheep horse camel and mammoth lived along its shores according to dr schneider |
