The Quaternary of the U.S.

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.

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Autorentext

Herbert Edgar Wright & David G. Frey

Inhalt

• Frontmatter,
• PREFACE,
• CONTENTS,
• INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES,
• QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS,
• GLACIATION OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA,
• OUTLINE OF GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN,
• PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF INDIANA AND MICHIGAN,
• PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS OF THE ERIE LOBE,
• QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK,
• THE QUATERNARY OF NEW ENGLAND,
• THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AND THE APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS IN THE QUATERNARY,
• RÉSUMÉ OF THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO PROVINCE,
• THE PLEISTOCENE IN NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS,
• QUATERNARY OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS,
• GLACIATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
• THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET OF THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND RELATED QUATERNARY HISTORY OF THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU,
• NONGLACIAL QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF T H E SOUTHERN AND MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
• SNAKE RIVER PLAIN,
• QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT BASIN,
• QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST,
• THE QUATERNARY OF THE PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA,
• THE GLACIAL HISTORY OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON,
• THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ALASKA,
• PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND PALYNOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES,
• PROBLEMS IN THE QUATERNARY PHYTOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION,
• PALYNOLOGY AND PLEISTOCENE PHYTOGEOGRAPHY OF UNGLACIATED EASTERN NORTH AMERICA,
• PLEISTOCENE POLLEN ANALYSIS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHWEST,
• PLANT GEOGRAPHY IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
• A PLEISTOCENE PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ALASKA,
• THE BOREAL BRYOPHYTE FLORA AS AFFECTED BY QUATERNARY GLACIATION,
• POLYPLOIDY, DISTRIBUTION, AND ENVIRONMENT,
• QUATERNARY MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA,
• AVIAN SPECIATION IN THE QUATERNARY,
• AMPHIBIAN SPECIATION,
• REPTILES IN THE QUATERNARY OF NORTH AMERICA,
• QUATERNARY FRESHWATER FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA,
• PLEISTOCENE EVENTS AND INSECTS,
• THE STUDY OF PLEISTOCENE NONMARINE MOLLUSKS IN NORTH AMERICA,
• OTHER INVERTEBRATES -AN ESSAY IN BIOGEOGRAPHY,
• RECENT ADJUSTMENTS IN ANIMAL RANGES,
• PLEISTOCENE NONMARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
• LATE QUATERNARY PREHISTORY IN THE NORTHEASTERN WOODLANDS,
• AN OUTLINE OF SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES PREHISTORY WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PALEO-INDIAN ERA,
• QUATERNARY HUMAN OCCUPATION OF THE PLAINS,
• POSTGLACIAL CLIMATE AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE DESERT WEST,
• PACIFIC COAST ARCHAEOLOGY,
• LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY, CONTINENTAL SHELVES OF THE UNITED STATES,
• ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATIC RECORD,
• QUATERNARY PALEOPEDOLOGY,
• GEOCHEMISTRY OP SOME QUATERNARY LAKE SEDIMENTS OF NORTH AMERICA,
• QUATERNARY PALEOHYDROLOGY,
• GLACIERS AND CLIMATE,
• VOLCANIC-ASH CHRONOLOGY,
• QUATERNARY PALEOMAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY,
• TECTONICS OF QUATERNARY TIME IN MIDDLE NORTH AMERICA,
• DENDROCHRONOLOGY,
• THEORETICAL PALEOCLIMATOLOGY,
• INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED,
• SUBJECT INDEX,