# Middle Butte Cave # Butte Co., Idaho # 1593 m # 112° 50' W, 42° 20' N # # Anal. Owen Davis palynolo@geo.arizona.edu # # Davis, O.K. Sheppard, P.S. Robertson, S. 1986. # Contrasting climatic histories for the Snake River Plain result from multiple thermal maxima. # Quaternary Research 23: 321-339. # # WSU 2544 Middle Butte Cave 24- 29 cm 3000 +/- 990 # WSU 2548 Middle Butte Cave 29- 34 cm 9850 +/- 1980 # WSU 2545 Middle Butte Cave 115-120 cm 14300 +/- 580 # WSU 2549 Middle Butte Cave 120-125 cm 16900 +/- 200 # WSU 2546 Middle Butte Cave 220-225 cm 15400 +/- 270 # 39 21 Depth Depth (cm) Chron1 AGE s POLLEN SUM d DETERIORATED Ab A Abies Jn A Juniperus Pi A Pinus Ps A Pseudotsuga Qu A Quercus Cc B Cactaceae Er B Eriogonum Pr B Purshia Ro B Rosaceae Am C Ambrosia Ar C Artemisia CA C Chenopodiaceae-Amaranthus Gr C Gramineae Lg C Liguliflorae OC C Other Compositae Sr C Sarcobatus Cl D Collinsia Cr D Cruciferae Ga D Geranium Hy D Hydrophyllum Lp D Leptodactylon Ll D Liliaceae Mr D Mertensia On D Onagraceae Ph D Phlox Rn D Ranunculus Sl D Silene Um D Umbelliferae Cy I Cyperaceae TS I Typha-Sparganium Al J Alnus Bt J Betula Pp J Populus Sx J Salix Po K Polypodiaceae 15 15.0 2871.0 515.0 57.0 0.0 19.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 180.0 33.0 39.0 2.0 126.0 1.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30 30.0 5742.0 530.0 81.0 0.0 30.0 34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 200.0 42.0 24.0 5.0 83.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 45 45.0 7547.0 589.0 138.0 0.0 13.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 295.0 85.0 13.0 0.0 25.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 60 60.0 8817.0 557.0 170.0 0.0 9.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 259.0 71.0 14.0 4.0 30.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75 75.0 10087.0 573.0 212.0 0.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 232.0 43.0 31.0 7.0 24.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 90 90.0 11357.0 604.0 186.0 1.0 17.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 293.0 19.0 32.0 4.0 32.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 105 105.0 12627.0 637.0 156.0 0.0 6.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 311.0 35.0 43.0 9.0 56.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 120 120.0 13897.0 562.0 159.0 0.0 19.0 9.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 219.0 16.0 64.0 7.0 57.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 135 135.0 15167.0 510.0 113.0 0.0 22.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 230.0 5.0 28.0 1.0 85.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 150 150.0 16437.0 558.0 176.0 0.0 21.0 6.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 227.0 11.0 42.0 1.0 62.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 165 165.0 17707.0 503.0 167.0 0.0 17.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 209.0 10.0 24.0 0.0 56.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 180 180.0 18979.0 507.0 190.0 0.0 34.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 183.0 11.0 35.0 1.0 38.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 195 195.0 20246.0 538.0 166.0 0.0 36.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 230.0 8.0 22.0 0.0 55.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 201 201.0 21516.0 548.0 236.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 175.0 4.0 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 225 225.0 22787.0 392.0 131.0 0.0 21.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 134.0 4.0 31.0 0.0 43.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 240 240.0 24056.0 533.0 160.0 0.0 25.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 231.0 7.0 25.0 1.0 63.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 255 255.0 25326.0 524.0 160.0 0.0 11.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 239.0 6.0 40.0 0.0 51.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 270 270.0 26597.0 432.0 166.0 0.0 20.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 233.0 2.0 44.0 1.0 47.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 285 285.0 27886.0 511.0 134.0 0.0 16.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 238.0 9.0 32.0 0.0 55.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 300 300.0 29137.0 619.0 201.0 0.0 31.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 226.0 6.0 41.0 1.0 82.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 315 315.0 30407.0 522.0 155.0 0.0 7.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 201.0 8.0 43.0 0.0 77.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.0