Southwest, New / 1963
The last 10,000 years a fossil pollen record of the American Southwest
The last 10,000 years a fossil pollen record of the American Southwest
The Smithsonian catalogs The last 10,000 years a fossil pollen record of the American Southwest as books in its Paleobotany records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Geological framework -- Southwestern climates and the Mexican monsoon -- Vegetation of the Southwest -- The modern pollen rain -- The fossil pollen record -- Comments on the pollen types -- Pollen stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating -- A postpluvial climatic model for the arid southwest -- A reappraisal of postpluvial climates -- Some conclusions and afterthoughts