Spawning sockeye salmon fossils in Pleistocene lake beds of Skokomish Valley, Washington

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Smith, Gerald R., Montgomery, David R., Peterson, N. Phil, Crowley, Bruce
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Sockeye; Glacial Lake; South Fork; Ice Sheet; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.03.007; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589407000403?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589407000403?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400014162

Abstract An assemblage of fossil sockeye salmon was discovered in Pleistocene lake sediments along the South Fork Skokomish River, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The fossils were abundant near the head of a former glacial lake at 115 m elevation. Large adult salmon are concentrated in a sequence of...