Yukon River: Evidence for Extensive Migration during the Holocene Transgression

The shift of the Yukon River, during the Holocene sea-level transgression, from south of Nunivak Island during the Wisconsin maximum to its present location (a distance greater than 300 kilometers) is indicated by remanent channels, distinct subbottom structures, deltaic sediments, and anomalous rat...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Knebel, Harley J., Creager, Joe S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1973
Subjects:
Bering Sea
Yukon
Nunivak
Nunivak Island
Yukon river
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.179.4079.1230
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.179.4079.1230
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Summary:The shift of the Yukon River, during the Holocene sea-level transgression, from south of Nunivak Island during the Wisconsin maximum to its present location (a distance greater than 300 kilometers) is indicated by remanent channels, distinct subbottom structures, deltaic sediments, and anomalous rates of sediment accumulation on the continental shelf of the east-central Bering Sea. These features were produced as the ancestral river migrated northward across the easternmost part of this area before 11,000 years ago.

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