Late Quaternary paleoclimates and sources of paleoenvironmental data in the vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7368460
- Dames and Moore, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
This report identifies sources of paleoenvironmental data that can be used to reconstruct climatic variability in the Los Alamos area, and discusses their potential applicability to studies of geomorphic and hydrologic processes. Packrat middens were collected from the Los Alamos area, and radiocarbon dating of these deposits demonstrated that they are of late-Holocene age. Comparison of the age distribution of these samples with those from other localities leads to the conclusion that middle-Holocene age middens may be recovered from the same area. The regional pollen-stratigraphic and packrat midden records are also assessed, and implications for synoptic-scale paleoclimates over the last 20,000 years discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States); Dames and Moore, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 7368460
- Report Number(s):
- LA-SUB-93-138; ON: DE93010814
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540110*
540150 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Site Resources & Use Studies-- (1990-)
CENOZOIC ERA
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGY
LANL
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
PROGRESS REPORT
QUATERNARY PERIOD
STRATIGRAPHY
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VARIATIONS