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Buried Trees, Water Table Fluctuations, and 3000 Years of Changing Climate in West-Central Oklahoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephen A. Hall  and
Christopher Lintz
Stephen A. Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas 76203
Christopher Lintz
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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Abstract

A sequence of radiocarbon-dated buried trees, buried soils, a carbonate zone, and a molluscan fauna from Carnegie Canyon indicate that between 3200 and 2600 yr B.P. the climate of west-central Oklahoma was drier than today. A high water table accompanied a period of moister climate 2000 to 1000 yr B.P. The water table dropped after 1000 yr B.P. due to a change toward dry conditions.

Type
Short Paper
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , July 1984 , pp. 129 - 133
Copyright
University of Washington

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