The Miocene Purple Mountain Flora of Western Nevada |
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| Author:
| Axelrod, Daniel I. |
| Series title: | UC Publications in Geological Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-09797-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1995 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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In this study, nine florules from the Chloropagus Formation near Fernley, Nevada, are dated at 14.7-13.4 million years. The author finds that dominant mixed conifer forest and sclerophyll woodland species of the Sierra Nevada-Klamath region replaced exotic deciduous hardwoods in the two lowest sites. He concludes that this change reflects the loss of adequate summer rain as upwelling from a colder ocean resulted from spreading East Antarctic ice.
In this study, nine florules from the Chloropagus Formation near Fernley, Nevada, are dated at 14.7-13.4 million years. The author finds that dominant mixed conifer forest and sclerophyll woodland species of the Sierra Nevada-Klamath region replaced exotic deciduous hardwoods in the two lowest sites. He concludes that this change reflects the loss of adequate summer rain as upwelling from a colder ocean resulted from spreading East Antarctic ice.