Old Crow Tephra Found at the Palisades of the Yukon, Alaska

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Begét, James, Edwards, Mary, Hopkins, David, Keskinen, Mary, Kukla, George
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Yukon; Palisades; The Palisades; Old Crow; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(91)90074-f; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949190074F?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:003358949190074F?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400021384

Abstract A 20-cm-thick volcanic ash layer at the Palisades along the Yukon River is geochemically correlated with the Old Crow tephra. A buried organic and wood-rich layer above the Old Crow tephra probably records the last interglaciation. The recognition of the Old Crow tephra provides the first c...