The Quaternary of the United States: A Review Volume for the VII Congress of the International Association for Quaternary Research

by H. E. And David G. Frey Eds. Wright

This volume reviews the status of investigations aimed at deciphering the geologic, biogeographic, and archaeological records of the Quaternary Era (the last million years of geologic time) for the area of continental United States. Over 80 Quaternary scientist, from many diverse disciplines, have contributed to the 55 chapters organized under each area east of the Rocky Mountains, unglaciated eastern and central United States, western United States); Biogeography (phytogeography and palynology, zoogeography and evolution); Archaeology; and Miscellany (oceanography, isotope dating and geochemistry, paleopedology, paleolimnology, paleopedology, paleolimnology, paleohydology, glaciology, vulcanology, paleomagnetism, neotectonics, dendrochonology, and theoretica climatology. The book contains more than 300 illustrations.

922 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1965