Tephrochronology, magnetostratigraphy and mammalian faunas of Middle and Early Pleistocene sediments at two sites on the Old Crow River, northern Yukon Territory, Canada

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-85

  Westgate, John A ^a   Pearce, G William ^b   Preece, Shari J ^a   Schweger, Charles E ^c   Morlan, Richard E ^d   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^e   Perkins, T William ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Alberta ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Ontario History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the Canadian Nursing History Collection Working Group   (Canada)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Magnetostratigraphy; Mammalian fossils; Old Crow Basin; Pleistocene; Tephrochronology; Yukon

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAMMALS; TIMBER;

ALASKA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMALIAN FOSSILS; OLD CROW BASIN; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; YUKON;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FAUNA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SMALL MAMMAL; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ALASKA; CANADA; OLD CROW; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871502981     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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