Author: David B. MadsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Southwestern Great Basin
Author: David B. MadsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Bonneville Basin
Author: David B. MadsenPublisher: Utah Geological Survey
ISBN: 1557916489
Category : Paleoecology
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The work reported here is part of an extended study of paleoenvironmental change and human adaptation in the deserts of western Utah. This research, involving both archaeological excavations and the recovery of strictly paleoecological materials, is loosely grouped under the rubric of “The Silver Island Expedition,” since much of the work has been conducted in the vicinity of the Silver Island Mountains along the western margin of the Great Salt Lake Desert.
Late Quaternary Paleoecology in the Southeastern Great Basin
Author: David B. MadsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Basin
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Great Basin
Author: Donald GraysonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520267478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"The Great Basin, centering on Nevada and including substantial parts of California, Oregon, and Utah, gets its name from the fact that none of its rivers or streams flow to the sea. This book synthesizes the past 25,000 years of the natural history of this vast region. It explores the extinct animals that lived in the Great Basin during the Ice Age and recounts the rise and fall of the massive Ice Age lakes that existed here. It explains why trees once grew 13' beneath what is now the surface of Lake Tahoe, explores the nearly two dozen Great Basin mountain ranges that once held substantial glaciers, and tells the remarkable story of how pinyon pine came to cover some 17,000,000 acres of the Great Basin in the relatively recent past. These discussions culminate with the impressive history of the prehistoric people of the Great Basin, a history that shows how human societies dealt with nearly 13,000 years of climate change on this often-challenging landscape"--Provided by publisher.
Man and Environment in the Great Basin
Author: David B. MadsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Late Quaternary Environments of the United States
Author: Herbert Edgar WrightPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145290796X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region
Author: Marith C. ReheisPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724392
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Papers in this title were selected from presentations from an April 2005 workshop sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Surface Dynamics Program, the U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, and the Smithsonian Institution. Papers are divided into two broad topics of the configuration, areal extent, and temporal development of the chain of interconnected lakes that emptied into Death Valley during periods of the Pleistocene, and the late Cenozoic history of drainage integration in the lower Colorado River region. Papers are occasionally illustrated in both color and black-and-white; the publication contains no index.
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of Late Quaternary Valley Fills on the Southern High Plains
Author: Steven BozarthPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813711867
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Preliminary Assessment of Climatic Change During Late Wisconsin Time, Southern Great Basin and Vicinity, Arizona, California, and Nevada
Author: W. Geoffrey SpauldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleoclimatology
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Quaternary of the U.S.
Author: Herbert Edgar WrightPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400876524
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 933
Book Description
This important volume reviews the status of investigations aimed at deciphering the geologic, biogeographic, and archaeological records for the Quaternary Era—the last million years of geologic time-for the area of continental United States. Over eighty Quaternary scientists have contributed to the fifty-five chapters divided into four main parts. Part 1 treats the areal geology, with emphasis on the stratigraphy of the glaciated areas east of the Rocky Mountains, unglaciated eastern and central United States, and western United States. Part 2 deals with biogeography: phytogeography and palynology, animal geography and evolution. Part 3 deals with archaeology prehistory in the northeastern states, southeastern states, plains, desert west, and Pacific Coast including Alaska. Part 4 covers many diverse Quaternary studies on—the continental shelves, isotope geochemistry, paleopedology, the geochemistry of some lake sediments, paleohydrology, glaciers and climate, volcanic-ash chronology, paleomagnetism, neo-tectonics, dendrochronology, and theoretical paleoclimatology. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.