@article{fe202a24768f4983b4b6124b4fa393e4,
title = "A reexamination of late-Pleistocene boreal forest reconstructions for the Southern High Plains",
abstract = "Previous paleoecological research on the Southern High Plains resulted in development of a late Quaternary chronology of {"}pollen-analytical episodes{"} and the proposal that boreal forest existed in the region in the late Pleistocene. These interpretations are now considered untenable because (1) a number of the radiocarbon ages are questionable, (2) there are serious problems of differential pollen preservation and reproducibility of the pollen data, (3) there is an absence of supporting geological or paleontological data, and (4) the soils of the area contain none of the distinctive pedological characteristics produced by a boreal forest. Available data suggest that the region was primarily an open grassland or grassland with some nonconiferous trees through most of the Quaternary.",
author = "Holliday, {Vance T.}",
note = "Funding Information: I thank Vaughn Bryant (Texas A&M University) for sharing his considerable knowledge of pollen on the Southern High Plains, Steve Hall (The University of Texas at Austin) for looking at some of the Lubbock Lake pollen and for making some very useful comments on the manuscript, Eileen Johnson (Texas Tech University) for encouraging this study, the office of the State Soil Scientist of Texas (Temple, Texas) for providing data on pedons from the Plains including several in Table 2b, and an anonymous reviewer who commented on the manuscript. This paper represents part of the continuing investigations of the Lubbock Lake Project. The research was supported in part by grants to Eileen Johnson (Director, Lubbock Lake Landmark, The Museum, Texas Tech University) from the National Science Foundation (SOC-14857; BNS76-12006; BNS76-12006-AOl; BNS78-11155). National Geographic Society, Texas Historical Commission, Moody Foundation, Center for Field Research, City and County of Lubbock, West Texas Museum Association, and Institute of Museum Research, The Museum, Texas Tech University.",
year = "1987",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/0033-5894(87)90062-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "28",
pages = "238--244",
journal = "Quaternary Research",
issn = "0033-5894",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "2",
}