<b>Lake Russell</b>, Mono County, California.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Lake Russell, Mono County, California.

Gazetteer Query: See also: Mono Lake. See also: Black Point.
	Pleistocene lake in present-day Mono Basin. The name of Lake Russell for the pleistocene lake was proposed by W. C. Putnam (1949). Russell himself proposed to use Lake Mono for the pleistocene lake filling the basin occupied by the current Mono Lake. Literature Referring To This Location: Putnam, William C. 1949. Quaternary geology of the June Lake district, California. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 60: 1281-1302. {TAS-pdf} Putnam, William C. 1950. Moraine and shoreline relationships at Mono Lake, California. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 61: 115-122. {TAS-pdf} Reheis, Marith. 1999. Extent of Pleistocene Lakes in the Western Great Basin. Miscellanrous Field Studies Map MF-2323. Menlo Park, California: U. S. Geological Survey, 1999. {TAS-pdf} Scholl, David W., Roland Von Huene, Pierre Saint-Aand, and James B. Ridlon. 1967. Age and Origin of Topography Beneath Mono Lake, a Remnant Pleistocene Lkae, California. Geological Society of Aerica Bulletin. 78: 583-600. {TAS-PDF}
	No collections made at this location.
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