Oligocene Haynes Creek Flora of Eastern Idaho

This flora of 70 species is dominated by deciduous trees, many with descendants in China. Precipitation was 890 mm, mean annual temperature 12.5 C, the annual range 10 C, and freezing rare. Elevation was about 1000 meters. Comparison with the Horse Prairie flora, 30 miles east and across the present continental divide, indicates that the divide was then low and discontinuous, with warmer climate to the east.

Summary

Oligocene Haynes Creek flora of Eastern Idaho of 70 species is dominated by deciduous trees, many with descendants in China. Comparison with the Horse Prairie flora, 30 miles east and across the present continental divide, indicates that the divide was then low and discontinuous, with warmer climate to the east.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Axelrod, Daniel I. Axelrod, Axelrod Daniel I.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.1998
• EAN: 9780520098244
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09824-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: University of California Publi; UC Publications in Geological Sciences; UC Publications in Geological Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; USA, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, United States of America, USA, Botany & plant sciences, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Palaeontology, Botany and plant sciences, Geology & The Lithosphere