Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington by Daniel G. Gavin, Linda B. Brubaker.

Utilizing a paleoecological approach, this volume brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. This review of past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene presents paleoecological records of changing forest co...

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Main Authors: Gavin, Daniel G. (Author), Brubaker, Linda B. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 222
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant ecology.
Climate change.
Environmental geography.
Landscape ecology.
Geobiology.
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Table of Contents:
  •  1. The modern landscape of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 2. Geology and historical biogeography of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 3. Postglacial climate on the Olympic Peninsula
  • 4. Late Quaternary vegetation and fire history of the Olympic Peninsula
  • 5. Brief review of the archeological record in a context of environmental change
  • 6. Insights and future research needs.

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