Origin of Ice Ages: Pollen Evidence from Arctic Alaska

Pollen analysis of radiocarbon-dated samples from the arctic coastal plain of Alaska shows that vegetation of 14,000 years ago reflected a climate colder than the present, and that there has been a progressive warming, culminating in the present cold arctic climate. The record indicates that the Arc...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Colinvaux, Paul A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1964
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.145.3633.707
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.145.3633.707