Postglacial vegetation, fire, and climate history of Blacktail Pond, Northern Yellowstone National Park, WY

• Main Author: Huerta, Mariana Angelica
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Cathy Whitlock
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science 2008
• Subjects: Paleobotany; Fossils; Pollen; Paleoecology > Holocene; Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/1520

Previous studies in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) suggest intensification of the summer-dry and summer-wet patterns in Yellowstone during the early Holocene when increased summer insolation caused atmospheric circulation patterns to strengthen. To examine this hypothesis further, pollen and high-r...