Levi F. Noble
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Levi Fatzinger Noble was an American geologist. His entire career was spent as a member of the United States Geological Survey. Noble is largely known for his work in the American southwest, particula
Levi F. Noble (left) with Henry G. Ferguson (center) and James Gilluly (right), 1950s.
Lake Manly
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Lake Manly was a pluvial lake in Death Valley, California. It forms occasionally in Badwater Basin after heavy rainfall, but at its maximum extent during the so-called "Blackwelder stand," ending appr
Levi F. Noble
…addressed colemanite(borate) deposits, both in Shoshone and elsewhere. His 1926 paper on the Shoshone colemanite deposits described the first evidence for Lake Manly in Death Valley, based on observed strand lines. Much of his Death Valley work was published in his much-cited 1941 paper "Structural Features of the…
Lake Manly occasionally reforms after strong precipitation
Lake Manly from Badwater, Death Valley, Dec 2023 a few months after floods from Hurricane Hilary
Shoreline Butte, close with shorelines visible
Salts left behind by Lake Manly, in Badwater Basin