In this Book
- The Quaternary of the U.S.
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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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Table of Contents
- PART I: GEOLOGY
- pp. 13-14
- GLACIATED AREA EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- GLACIATION OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA
- pp. 29-42
- QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK
- pp. 99-112
- THE QUATERNARY OF NEW ENGLAND
- pp. 113-128
- Unglaciated Eastern and Central United States
- QUATERNARY OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS
- pp. 203-216
- WESTERN UNITED STATES
- GLACIATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- pp. 217-230
- SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
- pp. 255-264
- QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT BASIN
- pp. 265-286
- QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST
- pp. 287-298
- Part II: Biogeography
- pp. 375-376
- PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND PALYNOLOGY
- POLYPLOIDY, DISTRIBUTION, AND ENVIRONMENT
- pp. 497-507
- ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION
- QUATERNARY MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA
- pp. 509-526
- AVIAN SPECIATION IN THE QUATERNARY
- pp. 527-542
- AMPHIBIAN SPECIATION
- pp. 543-556
- REPTILES IN THE QUATERNARY OF NORTH AMERICA
- pp. 557-568
- PLEISTOCENE EVENTS AND INSECTS
- pp. 583-596
- OTHER INVERTEBRATES—AN ESSAY IN BIOGEOGRAPHY
- pp. 613-632
- RECENT ADJUSTMENTS IN ANIMAL RANGES
- pp. 633-642
- GENERAL
- PLEISTOCENE NONMARINE ENVIRONMENTS
- pp. 643-652
- Part III: Archaeology
- pp. 653-654
- QUATERNARY HUMAN OCCUPATION OF THE PLAINS
- pp. 685-696
- PACIFIC COAST ARCHAEOLOGY
- pp. 709-720
- Part IV: Miscellaneous Studies
- pp. 721-722
- QUATERNARY PALEOPEDOLOGY
- pp. 755-764
- QUATERNARY PALEOHYDROLOGY
- pp. 783-794
- GLACIERS AND CLIMATE
- pp. 795-806
- VOLCANIC-ASH CHRONOLOGY
- pp. 807-816
- QUATERNARY PALEOMAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY
- pp. 817-830
- DENDROCHRONOLOGY
- pp. 871-880
- THEORETICAL PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
- pp. 881-902
- INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED
- pp. 903-912
- SUBJECT INDEX
- pp. 913-922