Early retreat of the Alaska Peninsula Glacier Complex and the implications for coastal migrations of First Americans

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Misarti, Nicole ^a,d   Finney, Bruce P ^b,d   Jordan, James W ^c   Maschner, Herbert D G ^d   Addison, Jason A ^e,f   Shapley, Mark D ^d   Krumhardt, Andrea ^f   Beget, James E ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal migration; Deglaciation; First Americans

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; COASTAL MIGRATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEGLACIATIONS; FIRST AMERICANS; GULF OF ALASKA; LAND BRIDGES; POLLEN DATA; RADIOCARBON AGE; RESOURCE BASE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

GEOLOGY;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARID REGION; DATA SET; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND BRIDGE; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862298327     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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