Figure 2. Formation of spits in Lake Bonneville


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Figure 2. Idealized formation of a spit (left) showing how wave trains intersect an island and transport sediment southward to form a spit. Example of the Hogup Bar spit (right) in the northwest portion of the Lake Bonneville basin.

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