Mima mounds : the case for polygenesis and bioturbation / edited by Jennifer L. Horwath Burnham, Department of Geography, Augustana College, Donald L. Johnson, Department of Geography, University of Illinois.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horwath Burnham, Jennifer L., 1975-

Johnson, Donald L. (Donald Lee)

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 490.

Special paper ; 490

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology--West (U.S.).

Paleontology.

Mounds--West (U.S.).

Mounds.

Mounds--Northwest, Canadian.

Animal burrowing.

Mima Mounds (Wash.).

Animal burrowing--West (U.S.).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 205 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado, USA : The Geological Society of America, 2012.

Summary:

At the Society's October 2008 annual meeting in Houston, a symposium was held on the origin of Mima mounds and similar micro-relief features. Five of the eight papers presented there were expanded and a sixth added for this symposium. They investigate what causes small mounds in flat country, mostly weighing the respective roles of burrowing animals, plant roots, and physical processes. They cover using LIDAR to model Mima mound evolution and regional energy valances in California's Great Central Valley, "pimple" mound microrelief in southern Saskatchewan, alpine and montane Mima mounds of the western US, the biodynamic significance of double stone layers in Mima mounds, the forgotten natural prairie mounds of the Upper Midwest, and the polygenetic origin of prairie mounds in northeastern California. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Using LIDAR to model Mima mound evolution and regional energy balances in the Great Central Valley, California / Sarah Reed and Ronald Amundson

"Pimple" mound microrelief in southern Saskatchewan, Canada / L. Lee-Ann Irvine and Janis E. Dale

Alpine and montane Mima mounds of the western United States / George W. Cox

The biodynamic significance of double stone layers in Mima mounds / Jennifer L. Horwath Burnham, Donald L. Johnson, and Diana N. Johnson

The forgotten natural prairie mounds of the Upper Midwest : their abundance, distribution, origin, and archaeological implications / Fred A. Finney

The polygenetic origin of prairie mounds in northeastern California / Donald L. Johnson and Diana N. Johnson.

Notes:

Papers mostly from Geological Society of America Annual Meetings and field trips held in Houston, Texas, October 4-9, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813724904

0813724902

OCLC:

804049274