An extensive middle to late Pleistocene tephrochronologic record from east-central Alaska

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 411-427

  Jensen, Britta J L ^a   Froese, Duane G ^a   Preece, Shari J ^b   Westgate, John A ^b   Stachel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

OLD CROW (OC); WRANGELL VOLCANIC FIELD;

SOIL MECHANICS;

LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ALASKA; CANADA; FAIRBANKS; KLONDIKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY; YUKON-CHARLEY RIVERS NATIONAL PRESERVE;

EID: 38949191558     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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