Coastal Southern California
Paleoenvironment Bibliography
with emphasis on Palynology

General References

Anderson, R.S. and Byrd, B. F. 1998. Late-Holocene vegetation changes from the Las Flores Creek coastal lowlands, San Diego, County, California. Manuscript accepted for publication in Madroņo.

Byrne, R., Ingram, B.L., Starratt, S., Malamud-Roam, F., Collins, J.N., and Conrad, M.E. 2001. Carbon-isotope, diatom, and pollen evidence for Late Holocene salinity change in a brackish Marsh in the San Francisco Estuary. Quaternary Research 55: 66-76.

Cole, K. L., and Liu, G. 1994. Holocene paleoecology of an estuary on Santa Rosa Island, California. Quaternary Research 41:326-335.

Cole, K.L. and Wahl, E. 2000. A late Holocene paleoecological record from Torrey Pines State Reserve, California. Quaternary Research 52: 341-351.

Davis, O.K. 1992. Rapid climatic change in coastal southern California inferred from Pollen Analysis of San Joaquin Marsh. Quaternary Research. 37:89-100.

Earle, C.J. 1993. Asynchronoous droughts in California streamflow as reconstructed from tree rings. Quaternary Research 39: 290-299.

Heusser, L. 1978. Pollen in Santa Barbara Basin, California: a 12,000-yr record. Geological Society of America Bulletin 89:673-678.

Heusser, L. 2000. Rapid oscillations in western North America vegetation and climate during oxygen isotope stage 5 inferred from pollen data from Santa Barbara Basin (Hole 893A). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 161: 407-421.

Lyle, M. Heusser, L. Herbert, T. Mix, A. Barron, J. 2001. Interglacial theme and variations; 500 k.y. of orbital forcing and associated responses from the terrestrial and marine biosphere, U.S. Pacific Northwest. GSA Bulletin 29: 1115-1118.

Stine, S. 1994. Extreme and persistent drought in California and Patagonia during mediaeval time. Nature 369: 546-549.

Other References

Adam, D.P. 1985. Quaternary Pollen Records from California pp. 125-140 IN: V.M. Bryant and R.G. Holloway (eds.) Pollen records of late-Quaternary North American Sediments. AASP Foundation, Houston.

Anderson, R.S. and Davis, O.K. (1988). Contemporary pollen rain across the central Sierra Nevada, California: the relationship to modern vegetation types. Arctic and Alpine Res. 20:448-460.

Cole, K. L., and Liu, G. 1994. Holocene paleoecology of an estuary on Santa Rosa Island, California. Quaternary Research 41:326-335.

Cummings, L.S. 1991. Pollen and phytoligh analysis at CA-ORA-683, APPENDIX B: IN: Mason, R.D. Singer, C.A., Langenwalter, P.E. II, Klug, L.P., Petersen, M.L. Morgan, T., and Hurd, G.S. Newport coast archaeological project results of data recovery at CA-ORA-683.

Cummings, L.S. 1991. Pollen analysis at CA-ORA-671, California. APPENDIX D: in: Mason, R.D., Brechbiel, B.A., Singer, C.A., Singer, P.A., Bonner, W.H., Gibson, R.O., Peterson, M.L., Klug, L.P. 1992. Newport coast archaeological project: results of data recovery at the French Flat complex sites CA-ORA-232, CA-ORA-233, CA-ORA

Cummings, L.S. 1991. Pollen and phytolith analysis of material from Pelican Hill (CA-ORA-662), California. APPENDIX E: in: Mason, R.D., Brechbiel, B.A., Singer, C.A., Peterson, M.L., Klug, L.P. Bonner, W.H., Gibson, R.O., Singer, P.A. Newport coast archaeological project: results of data recovery at the Pelican Hill sites. CA-ORA-662 and CA-ORA-1203.

Cummings, L.S. 1992. Pollen analysis at ICD-13, California. APPENDIX D: in: Mason, R.D., Brechbiel, B.A., Singer, C.A., Peterson, M.L., Klug, L.P., Bonner, W.H., Morgan, T., and Gibson, R.O.Newport coast archaeological project: results of the test program and data recovery program at area 13 of CA-ORA-662 (ICD-13) impacted by construction of lower loop road.

Cummings, L.S. 1992. Pollen analysis of CA-ORA-660, Irvine Coast, California. APPENDIX D: in: Mason, R.D., Brechbiel, B.A., Peterson, M.L., Singer, C.A., Langenwalter, P.E. II, Klug, L.P., Morgan, T., Gibson, R.O., Newport coast archaeological project: results of data recovery at the golf course sites. CA-ORA-1233, CA-ORA-1234, and CA-ORA-1235.

Cummings, L.S. 1992. Pollen analysis at CA-ORA-671, California. Appendix D: IN: Mason, R.D., Brechbiel, B.A., Singer, C.A., Singer, P.A., Bonner, W.H., Gibson, R.O., Peterson, M.L., Klug, L.P. Newport coast archaeological project: results of data recovery at the French Flat complex sites CA-ORA-232, CA-ORA-233, CA-ORA-671. Prepared for Coastal Community Builders, 550 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

Davis, O.K. 1990. Pollen analysis of archeological sites. pp. J1 - J37 IN de Barros, P. and Koerper, H.C. (editors) "Final test investigation report and request for determination of eligibility for 23 sites along the San Joaquin Hills transportaion Corridor." Report by the Chambers Group, Inc., to Transportation Corridore Agencies, Costa Mesa, California.

Davis, O.K. 1990. Pollen analysis of San Joaquin Marsh. pp. I1-I25 IN de Barros, P. and Koerper, H.C. (editors) "Final test investigation report and request for determination of eligibility for 23 sites along the San Joaquin Hills transportaion Corridor." Report by the Chambers Group, Inc., to Transportation Corridore Agencies, Costa Mesa, California.

Davis, O.K. 1990. Pollen and macrobotanical analysis of Sepulvede Pueblo samples. Report to Paul E. Langenwalter, II, Heritage Resource Consultants, P.O. Box 1674 La Mirada, CA. 10p.

Davis, O.K. 1992. Rapid climatic change in coastal southern California inferred from Pollen Analysis of San Joaquin Marsh. Quaternary Research. 37:89-100.

Davis, O.K. 1993. Exploratory pollen analysis of Barka Slough Santa Barbara County, California. Report Submitted to Dr. Philip de Barros, Chambers Group, 1761-A Garry Ave., Santa Anna, CA 92705. 8 p.

Davis, O.K. 1994. Pollen analysis of two sediment profiles at Bonita Creek, Orange County, California, CA ORA-1295. Report submitted to Roger Mason, The Chambers Group, Irvine, CA. 18 p.

Davis, O.K. 1994. Pollen analysis of the Centinela site. pp. 133-138 In: Grenada, D.R., Homburg, J.H. and Altschul, J.H. The Centinela site (CA-LAN-60): data recovery plan at a Middle Period, Creek-Edge site in the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles, California. Statistical Research Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Technical Series 45.

Davis, O.K. 1995. More thoughts on mesquite in the San Joaquin Valley. Tularg 8:3.

Davis, O.K. 1995. Pollen analysis of Long Beach campus archaeological sites: Midden Trace D, and Los Cerritos Dorm. Report submitted to Matthew A. Boxt, Ph.D., Physical Planning and Facilities Management, California State University, Long Bach, CA. 25 p.

Davis, O.K. 1995. Pollen analysis of the Prado flood control basin, CA-RIV-653 -1098. Report Submitted to Donn R. Grenda, Statistical Research, Redlands, CA 92373. 16 p.

Davis, O.K. and De Lanoise, J.L. 1991. Rapid climatic change in coastal southern California inferred from Pollen Analysis of San Joaquin Marsh. 56th Annual Meeting Society American Archeology. April 23-28, New Orleans.

Davis, O.K., Jirikowic, J.L., and Kalin, R.M., 1992. The Radiocarbon record of solar variability and Holocene climatic change in coastal southern California. Proceedings 8th PACLILM Workshop, Calif. Dept. Water Res. Ecol. Stud. Progr. Techn. Rep. 31:19-33

Davis, O.K. and Mariscal, B. 1994. A comparison of archeological palynology of Almeria, Spain, and coastal southern California, U.S.A. AASP Contribution Series. 29:75-82.

Elliot-Fisk, D. L., with Cahil, T.A., Davis, O.K. and 14 others. 1996. Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Lake Tahoe Case Study. SNEP Program.

Jirikowic, J.L., Kalin, R.M. and Davis, O.K. 1993. Tree-Ring 14C as an indicator of climate change. Climatic Change in Continental Isotopic Records. AGU Geophysical Monograph 78:353-366.

Koerper, H.C. (1981). Prehistoric subsistence and settlement in the Newport Bay area and environs, Orange County, California. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Riverside.

Mudie, P.J. and Byrne, R. 1980. Pollen evidence for historic sedimentation rates in California coastal marshes. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sciences. 10,305-316.

Vork, D. R. 1984. Palynology of recent sediments of the California Continental Borderland. M.S. Thesis, USC.

West, G.J. (1977). Late Holocene vegetation history of the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta, California. Report to Calif. Department of Parks and Recreation, Interagency Agreement B-50173.

West, G.J. (1989). Early historic vegetation change in Alta California: the fossil evidence. In Columbian Consequences. Vol. 1. Archeological and Historical Perspectives on the Spanish Borderland, West. (D.H. Thomas, Ed.), pp. 333-348. Smithsonian Institution Press.