U.S. Geological Survey topographic map, Great Salt Lake and vicinity, Utah

Salt Crust, Brine, and Marginal Groundwater of Great Salt Lake's North Arm (2019 To 2021)

10.34191/ri-283 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Elliot Jagniecki ◽

Andrew Rupke ◽

Stefan Kirby ◽

Paul I nkenbrandt

Keyword(s):

Salt Lake ◽

Great Salt Lake ◽

Geological Survey ◽

Seasonal Fluctuations ◽

Saturation State ◽

The North ◽

Salt Crust ◽

Past Data ◽

Hydrodynamic Factors

Following the construction of the railroad causeway in 1959, a perennial halite (NaCl) bottom crust has been known to exist in the north arm (Gunnison Bay) of Great Salt Lake, Utah, but the lake conditions controlling accumulation or dissolution of the crust are not well defined, including how depth-controlled chemodynamic and hydrodynamic factors influence the degree of the halite saturation. Immediately prior to the opening of a new bridge in the causeway in early December 2016 when north arm lake elevation was at a historical low (just above 4189 feet), the north arm lake brine was at halite saturation. After the opening, inflow of less saline south arm water mixed with north arm water, raised lake elevation, and diluted the north arm lake brine to undersaturation with respect to halite. The following five years have resulted in annual and seasonal fluctuations of halite saturation states. Beginning in mid-2019, the Utah Geological Survey began a study of the north arm to better understand and document the transitions of halite saturation state following the bridge opening using newly collected data as well as reviewing available past data.

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Contrasting the Impact of the Natural Hydrologic Cycles and Legacy Highway Construction on Farmington Bay Wetlands of the Great Salt Lake.

Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resources Management ◽

10.1061/40737(2004)13 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Robb Edgar

Keyword(s):

Salt Lake ◽

Great Salt Lake ◽

Highway Construction ◽

The Impact

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Bibliographic notes on H. Stansbury's Exploration and survey of …/ Expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2003.30.2.317 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 317-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L. J. Dorr ◽

D. H. Nicolson ◽

L. K. Overstreet

Keyword(s):

Salt Lake ◽

Great Salt Lake ◽

Title Page ◽

Classic Work ◽

Us Government ◽

Multiple Issues ◽

Title Pages

Howard Stansbury's classic work is bibliographically complex, with two true editions as well as multiple issues of the first edition. The first edition was printed in Philadelphia; its 487 stereotyped pages were issued in 1852 under two different titles with three variant title-pages (an official US government issue and two trade issues). A second edition was printed in Washington in 1853 and had 495 typeset pages (with corrections and additions in the appendices). The issue of 1855 is identical to the 1852 trade issue, except for the change of the date on the title-page. Each issue and edition, with its bindings and plates, is described.

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