Some Quaternary Events of Northern Alaska

Authors

  • J.C.F. Tedrow
  • G.F. Walton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3511

Keywords:

Composition, Loess, Minerals, Pyroclastics, Radiocarbon dating, Recent epoch, Kluane Lake region, Yukon, White River region, Alaska/Yukon, Tepee Lake region

Abstract

Reports that radiocarbon dating of an organic deposit in a glacial terrace on the upper Killik River (68 N, 154 W) containing well-preserved alder and willow necessitates acceptance of a climate 5650 ± 230 BP as warm or warmer than the present.

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Published

1964-01-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 4 (1964): December: 217–296

Section

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