Vegetation History and Estuarine Ecology of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain in Relation to Climate and Sea-Level Changes According to Three Pollen Cores
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801728 |
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| Authors | Bruce Albert (Durham University, corresponding author), Bruce M Albert (Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-19 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/quat6010019 |
| OpenAlex | W4323845261 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
The vegetation history of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain in the Holocene is considered according to pollen evidence from three coring sites where both terrestrial and marine ecology are reconstructed. These pollen sites record oscillations in the limit of the Southeastern US Forest zone in relation to climate changes, with a major, southward migration of the forest limit and expansion of the range limit of Betula nigra being recorded in the 6th millennium BP and a northward migration in the 4th millennium BP. The appearance of Rhizophora pollen also indicates increased tropical influence in the Middle Holocene. Moreover, changes in the salinity profiles of estuaries are reconstructed in relation to broader coastal environmental changes, such as sea-level oscillations and the formation of barrier islands, with a major sea-level transgression phase being recorded in the 4th millennium BP and still-stand conditions after the 3rd millennium BP. These vegetation changes are finally compared to occupational evidence of prehistoric humans in the Central Texas Gulf Coastal Plain region in relation to ecological factors. Here, human occupation of the coastal zone is correlated with afforestation, the proliferation of pecan and the emergence of low-salinity estuaries
Biology · Climate change · Coastal plain · Estuary · Geography · Holocene · Marine transgression · Palynology · Physical geography · Pollen · Sea level · Vegetation (pathology · Aeolian processes and effects · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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The Selection of Sites for Paleovegetational Studies
Coniss
The geoarchaeological record of Holocene sea level change and human occupation of the Texas gulf coast
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Holocene aridification, vegetation change, sedimentation regime and limits of carbon isotope data as indicated by the alluvial pollen sites of Arroyo Grande and El Molino in North-Central Mexico
Prehistoric and Colonial land-use in the Chihuahuan Desert as inferred from pollen and sedimentary data from Coahuila, Mexico
Development of the Radiocarbon Calibration Program
Setting the Stage
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