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Mapping Eastern North America Vegetation Change Over the Past 18,000 Years
Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-007

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Summary
Abstract: These maps are based on 11,700 fossil pollen samples and 1744 modern pollen
samples. Twenty-one pollen taxa were included in analyses: Alnus, Fraxinum,
Populus, Tilia, Fagus, Betula, Ulmus, Abies, Celtis, Corylus, Tsuga, Carya,
Ostrya/Carpinus, Quercus, Pinus, Prairie, Cyperaceae, Picea, Liquidambar,
Platanus, and Juglans.

Analog/no anolog vegetation types were assigned to a 100x100km at 1000 year
intervals using a three dimensional, time-space, interpolation scheme. To
generate maps the paleocoast line/ocean and Laurentide Ice Sheet were overlain
to mask out appropriate portions of equal area grid boxes.

Age estimates are based on uncalibrated radiocarbon dates.
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Caption:  Vegetation reconstructions for eastern North America
Description:  Vegetation reconstructions for eastern North America

 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 65.0   S: 20.0   E: -50.0   W: -90.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: R.S. Webb and J.T. Overpeck
Dataset Title: Array Data for Analog Mapping of Vegetation in Eastern North America
Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDC CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 94-007
Dataset Release Date: July 1994
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Issue Identification: 94-007
Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program
Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/vegmap.html
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 18000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:
PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY
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Originating Center
NOAA/NCDC
Data Center
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online ftp, www
Distribution Format: ascii
Fees: none
Personnel
JONATHAN T. OVERPECK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: jto at email.arizona.edu
Contact Address:
Institute of the Environment
Department of Geosciences
University of Arizona
City: Tucson
Province or State: AZ
Postal Code: 85721-0077
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Overpeck, J.T., Webb, R.S. and Webb, T. III, 1992, Mapping eastern North
America vegetation change over the past 18,000 years: no-analogs and the
future, Geology, 20, 1071-1074.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-03-23
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-31

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