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Current New Mexico Landscape

Current New Mexico Landscape. 18. 19. 17. 16. Historic New Mexico Landscapes. 21. 20. 23. 22. A) Early Cretaceous Period. A) Early Cretaceous Period. 1. A) Early Cretaceous Period. 27. 28. 29. B) Late Cretaceous Period. B) Late Cretaceous Period. 2. Laramide Orogeny.

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Current New Mexico Landscape

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  1. Current New Mexico Landscape 18 19 17 16

  2. Historic New Mexico Landscapes 21 20 23 22

  3. A) Early Cretaceous Period

  4. A) Early Cretaceous Period 1

  5. A) Early Cretaceous Period 27 28 29

  6. B) Late Cretaceous Period

  7. B) Late Cretaceous Period 2 LaramideOrogeny

  8. B) Late Cretaceous Period 24

  9. B) Late Cretaceous Period 6 Magnolia 5 Acer 22 Juglans 8 Tree Ferns Ficus 7 4 23

  10. C) Early Tertiary Period

  11. C) Early Tertiary Period Eocene 30 Paleocene 25 37 Eocene

  12. C) Early Tertiary Period (Speculation: Broad-leaves, C3) The First Grass Fossils! (Paleocene – 58mya)

  13. C) Early Tertiary Period Geofloras 7

  14. C) Early Tertiary Period 10 9 I) Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora

  15. C) Early Tertiary Period 6 7 Magnolia Ficus 26 Lauraceae II) **Neotropical-Tertiary Geoflora 11

  16. C) Early Tertiary Period 14 13 III) Madro-Tertiary

  17. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period

  18. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Landscape 32 Miocene Oligocene 31 36 Miocene

  19. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Landscape 34 Pliocene Pliocene 35

  20. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period Conclusion of LaramideOrogeny 8 (Rain Shadows, Cooling Climates)

  21. B) Mid-Late Tertiary Period Geoflora Shifts 7

  22. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Congeners of Modern New Mexico Flora Present (Arcto-Tertiary and Madro-Tertiary Affinities)

  23. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period 26 40 Grassland Development

  24. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period 38 Teleoceras – Miocene 40 39 Grassland Development

  25. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period Amaranthus Chenopodium Grassland Development Hesperostipa Ambrosia

  26. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period Precursors to Sonoran Desert Flora – Late Miocene

  27. D) Mid-Late Tertiary Period Development of Chihuahuan Desert on Mexican Plateau (?) (Mid-Late Miocene)

  28. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene

  29. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene 14 Glaciation

  30. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene

  31. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Glacial Advance, Retreat

  32. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene 44 Four Major Glacial Periods: Kansan, Nebraskan, Illinois, Wisconsin 43

  33. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Sangre de Cristo Mountains Sacramento Mountains 42 Moraine, Sacramento Mtns. Pleistocene Glaciation in New Mexico

  34. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Alpine Tundra Pinyon Woodlands *Spruce-Fir Forests (Pinusedulis, Pinusremota) Height of the Wisconsin Glaciation (18,000 ybp)

  35. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Height of the Wisconsin Glaciation (18,000 ybp)

  36. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Estancia Playa Lakes Plains of San Augustin Tularosa Basin Animas Playas Interglacial Periods: Pluvial Lakes

  37. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene 46 47 Interglacial Periods: Pluvial Lakes

  38. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Pollen Core Sampling and Analysis

  39. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene San Augustin Plains (10,000 ybp) Juniperusmonosperma grassland Pollen Core Analysis in New Mexico

  40. E) Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Lake Cochise (Willcox, AZ) Abundant Pine Pollen (20,000 ybp) Today: Mesquite Grassland

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  44. 34 http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/sabercat/project_files/ image021.jpg 35 http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Faculties/SCS/SCS_RCEAP_Images/APliocene.gif 36 http://www.science-art.com/gallery/19/19_5292003174225.jpg 37 http://geol-web.asp.radford.edu/Photos/Oct%20Photos/Smithsonian-Eocene- Mammals.jpg 38 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gr6Ra9TwtNU/R-iwvGsfHhI/AAAAAAAAAWs/ pZxGSfvtGo0/s320/Heinrich+Harder+Teleoceras.jpg 39 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/oli/creede/monocotleaf.jpg 40 http://www.humboldt.edu/~natmus/Case_indexes/Horse/MerichipJawf_3689.JPG 41 http://woodwardranch.tripod.com/glaciation.html 43 http://www.webjogger.com/glacier/images/1glac4.gif 44 http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect2/glacial_advances.jpg 45 http://geology.isu.edu/Digital_Geology_Idaho/Module14/Bonneville- Pleist-Lakes.gif

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