[图书][B] Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems: ecology, evolution and management

JE Keeley, WJ Bond, RA Bradstock, JG Pausas… - 2011 - books.google.com
Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in shaping …

[PDF][PDF] The Cenozoic climatic and topographic evolution of the western North American Cordillera

CP Chamberlain, HT Mix, A Mulch, MT Hren… - 2012 - scholarcommons.scu.edu
Herein we present oxygen isotope records from Cretaceous to Recent terrestrial sediments
in the western North American Cordillera. The purpose of this analysis is to use oxygen …

Variability in effective moisture inferred from inclusion fluid δ18O and δ2H values in a central Sierra Nevada stalagmite (CA)

BE Wortham, IP Montañez, PK Swart, H Vonhof… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The oxygen isotopic composition of stalagmites is widely used to infer regional changes in
terrestrial surface temperatures and precipitation dynamics. The stalagmite δ 18 O values …

Biomarker reconstruction of the early Eocene paleotopography and paleoclimate of the northern Sierra Nevada

MT Hren, M Pagani, DM Erwin, M Brandon - Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We reconstruct ancient temperature and elevation gradients across the early Eocene (52–49
Ma) northern Sierra Nevada (California, United States) using organic molecular proxies that …

Eocene–Early Miocene paleotopography of the Sierra Nevada–Great Basin–Nevadaplano based on widespread ash-flow tuffs and paleovalleys

CD Henry, NH Hinz, JE Faulds, JP Colgan… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The distribution of Cenozoic ash-flow tuffs in the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada of
eastern California (United States) demonstrates that the region, commonly referred to as the …

Rapid middle Miocene collapse of the Mesozoic orogenic plateau in north-central Nevada

JP Colgan, CD Henry - International Geology Review, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The modern Sierra Nevada and Great Basin were likely the site of a high-elevation orogenic
plateau well into Cenozoic time, supported by crust thickened during Mesozoic shortening …

The Great Basin Altiplano during the middle Cenozoic ignimbrite flareup: Insights from volcanic rocks

MG Best, DL Barr, EH Christiansen… - International Geology …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Uncertainty surrounds the fate of the orogenic plateau in what is now the Great Basin in
western Utah and Nevada, which resulted from the Mesozoic and earliest Cenozoic …

Cenozoic tectonic and topographic evolution of the northern Sierra Nevada, California, through stable isotope paleoaltimetry in volcanic glass

EJ Cassel, SA Graham, CP Chamberlain - Geology, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We determine the paleoelevation of the northern Sierra Nevada (California) in the Oligocene
based on hydrogen stable isotope compositions of meteoric water preserved within volcanic …

Seasonality of precipitation in the southwestern United States during the late Pleistocene inferred from stable isotopes in herbivore tooth enamel

MJ Kohn, KB Springer, JS Pigati, LM Reynard… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The late Pleistocene was a climatically dynamic period, with abrupt shifts between cool-wet
and warm-dry conditions. Increased effective precipitation supported large pluvial lakes and …

Early Cenozoic topography, morphology, and tectonics of the northern Sierra Nevada and western Basin and Range

EJ Cassel, SA Graham, CP Chamberlain… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Debate surrounds the origin, uplift, and evolution of the northern Sierra Nevada and western
Basin and Range. The studies presented here integrate different scales of observation, from …