Contents
List of Tables
Foreword - E. S. Deevey
Introduction
I. Geological Framework
II. Southwestern Climates and the Mexican Monsoon
III. Vegetation of the Southwest
IV. The Modern Pollen Rain
V. The Fossil Pollen Record
VI. Comments on the Pollen Types
VII. Pollen Stratigraphy and Radiocarbon Dating
VIII. A Postpluvial Climatic Model for the Arid Southwest
IX. A Reappraisal of Postpluvial Climates
X. Some Conclusions and Afterthoughts
Glossary
List of Scientific and Common Names
Literature Cited
Photographs
Index