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

• Main Authors: Gavin, Daniel G. (Author), Brubaker, Linda B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 222
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Environmental geography.; Landscape ecology.; Plant ecology.; Climate change.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Climate Change.; Environmental Geography.; Landscape Ecology.; Biogeosciences.

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...

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.