Late quaternary environments, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-305

  Elias, Scott A ^a   Short, Susan K ^a   Waythomas, Christopher F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Denali National Park; insect fossils; Late Quaternary environments; pollen

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; INTERSTADIAL; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); WISCONSINAN;

USA, ALASKA, DENALI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030301562     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1204     Document Type: Article

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