Quaternary paleoecology of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Snake River Plain, Idaho.

R. C. Bright; O. K. Davis

doi:10.2307/2425288

Quaternary paleoecology of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Snake River Plain, Idaho.

R. C. Bright, O. K. Davis

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Based on woodrat middens and pollen from cave sediments, the Holocene vegetation history has been one of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) steppe that became increasingly similar to shadscale (Atriplex spp.) steppe, culminating 7000 yr BP. A radiocarbon date on snail shells from 'ancient' Lake Terreton shows that the basin was filled as recently as 700 yr BP. Fossils of aquatic organisms were found in aeolian sediments, indicating that lake and stream sediments may be an important source of the aeolian sediment. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	21-33
Number of pages	13
Journal	American Midland Naturalist
Volume	108
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2425288
State	Published - 1982

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