The Early Miocene Buffalo Canyon Flora of Western Nevada |
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| Author:
| Axelrod, Daniel I. |
| Series title: | UC Publications in Geological Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-09766-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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The Buffalo Canyon flora of 69 species, 18 MA old, from semiarid western Nevada, is a rich mixed conifer-hardwood forest with evergreen sclerophyll vegetation on bordering volcanic slopes. Precipitation totalled 100 centimeters and fell chiefly in summer; winter snow was light. Elevation was 1,280 meters, implying an uplift of 550 meters. Situated on windward slopes and at a higher elevation, this flora is more mesic than the nearby Eastgate-Middlegate floras.
The Buffalo Canyon flora of 69 species, 18 MA old, from semiarid western Nevada, is a rich mixed conifer-hardwood forest with evergreen sclerophyll vegetation on bordering volcanic slopes. Precipitation totalled 100 centimeters and fell chiefly in summer; winter snow was light. Elevation was 1,280 meters, implying an uplift of 550 meters. Situated on windward slopes and at a higher elevation, this flora is more mesic than the nearby Eastgate-Middlegate floras.