Correlation of selected Nevada lignite deposits by pollen analysis
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Authors
Orsen, David A
Issue Date
1977
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Crystal Peak , Coal Valley , lignites , penecontemporaneous environemnts , floral assemblages , Nevada , Barstovian-Early Clarendonian , palynological evidence , pollen grains , woodland communities , deposits , organic material , Mackay Science Project
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Abstract
This thesis suggests that in parts of Nevada such as Crystal Peak, Coal Valley, and Coaldale lignites were deposited in penecontemporaneous environments containing similar floral assemblages indicating a uniform climatic regime may have existed over west-central Nevada during late Barstovian-early Clarendonian time. At all locations, excepting Tick Canyon, field and palynologic evidence indicates low energy, shallow, fresh-water environments existed during the deposits of lignite sequences.
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Publisher
University of Nevada, Reno
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In Copyright(All Rights Reserved)