Full-glacial paleosols in perennially frozen loess sequences, Klondike goldfields, Yukon Territory, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-157

  Sanborn, Paul T ^a   Smith, C A Scott ^b   Froese, Duane G ^c   Zazula, Grant D ^d   Westgate, John A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Cryoturbation; Loess; Paleosols; Permafrost; Soil micromorphology; Steppe; Tephra; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LOESS; PALEOSOL; PERMAFROST; STEPPE; TEPHRA; TUNDRA SOIL;

CANADA; KLONDIKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33745166979     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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