Interglacial Extension of the Boreal Forest Limit in the Noatak Valley, Northwest Alaska: Evidence from an Exhumed River-Cut Bluff and Debris Apron

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 460-468

  Edwards, Mary E ^a,b   Hamilton, Thomas D ^c   Elias, Scott A ^d,e   Bigelow, Nancy H ^a   Krumhardt, Andrea P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; INTERGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAMPONOTUS; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 1242322598     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0460:IEOTBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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