Evidence of ancient lake in California's Eel River emerges
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
A catastrophic landslide 22,500 years ago dammed the upper reaches of northern California's Eel River, forming a 30-mile-long lake, which has since disappeared, and leaving a living legacy found today in the genes of the region's steelhead trout, report scientists at two West Coast universities.