Plant and Insect Fossils at Norwood in South-Central Minnesota: A Record of Late-Glacial Succession

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Ashworth, Allan C., Schwert, Donald P., Watts, William A., Wright, H.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Klutlan Glacier; Yukon; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(81)90128-9; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589481901289?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589481901289?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400021645

Abstract The Norwood site in Sibley Co., Minnesota, contains 1.6 m of silt resting on till and overlain by peat. The base of the peat has been radiocarbon dated at 12,400 ± 60 and the top at 11,200 ± 250 yr B.P. The pollen, plant macrofossils, and insect remains in the basal silt consist of boreal s...