A 14,500-year record of landscape change from Okpilak Lake, northeastern Brooks Range, northern Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-113

  Oswald, W Wyatt ^a   Gavin, Daniel G ^b   Anderson, Patricia M ^c   Brubaker, Linda B ^c   Hu, Feng Sheng ^d  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier; Holocene; Lake sediment; Paleoecology; Pollen; River aggradation

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LATE GLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASS WASTING; ORGANIC MATTER; OUTWASH; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; SEDGE; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALASKA; OKPILAK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BETULA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 84861598139     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9605-6     Document Type: Article

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