Middle to Late Pleistocene ice extents, tephrochronology and paleoenvironments of the White River area, southwest Yukon

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-77

  Turner, Derek G ^a   Ward, Brent C ^a   Bond, Jeffrey D ^b   Jensen, Britta J L ^c   Froese, Duane G ^c   Telka, Alice M ^d   Zazula, Grant D ^e   Bigelow, Nancy H ^f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d PALEOTEC Services   (Canada)

^e Department of Tourism and Culture Yukon Government   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beringia; Dating; Last Interglacial; Macrofossil; Paleoenvironments; Pleistocene; Pollen; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; DATING; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MACROFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BERINGIA; BOREAL FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STEPPE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TUNDRA;

CANADA; YUKON RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84880176264     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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