The Palisades is a key reference site for the middle Pleistocene of eastern Beringia: New evidence from paleomagnetics and regional tephrostratigraphy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-108

  Jensen, Britta J L ^a   Reyes, Alberto V ^a,c   Froese, Duane G ^a   Stone, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Eastern Beringia; Loess; Middle Pleistocene; Paleomagnetic stratigraphy; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; EASTERN BERINGIA; LOESS; PALEOMAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY;

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; SILT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BERINGIA; CORRELATION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; TEPHRA;

ALASKA; ISOTOPES; LOESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

ALASKA; BERING ISLAND; KAMCHATKA; KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 84873271546     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.035     Document Type: Article

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