Late Quaternary Vegetational Change in the Kotzebue Sound Area, Northwestern Alaska

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Author: Anderson, Patricia M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1985
• Subjects: Canada; Squirrel Lakes; Betula nana; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(85)90053-5; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589485900535?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589485900535?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400017749

Two sediment cores from Kaiyak and Squirrel lakes in northwestern Alaska yielded pollen records that date to ca. 39,000 and 27,000 yr B.P., respectively. Between 39,000 and 14,000 yr B.P., the vegetation around these lakes was dominated by Gramineae and Cyperaceae with some Salix and possibly Betula...