Today, the lowest part of Death Valley is near Badwater, an elevation of 85 meters below sea level. One of the abandoned shorelines, cut by waves when the basin was filled with water as a lake during the Pleistocene, is found at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level. Estimate the depth of this lake stand during the Pleistocene. What factors complicate calculating the true depth of the lake that left these shorelines?
Today, the lowest part of Death Valley is near Badwater, an elevation of 85 meters below sea level. One of the abandoned shorelines, cut by waves when the basin was filled with water as a lake during the Pleistocene, is found at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level. Estimate the depth of this lake stand during the Pleistocene. What factors complicate calculating the true depth of the lake that left these shorelines?
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Today, the lowest part of Death Valley is near Badwater, an elevation of 85 meters below sea level. One of the abandoned shorelines, cut by waves when the basin was filled with water as a lake during the Pleistocene, is found at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level. Estimate the depth of this lake stand during the Pleistocene. What factors complicate calculating the true depth of the lake that left these shorelines?
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