Evidence for early glaciation of southeastern Beringia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Savidge, Rodney Arthur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Klondike Plateau; glaciers; Ice Sheet; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0048; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2019-0048; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2019-0048

Between the Klondike Plateau and Yukon–Tanana highlands of Yukon and Alaska, respectively, current maps explain glaciated alpine locales and periglacial areas in terms of localized Pliocene–Pleistocene montane ice caps, alpine glaciers, and periglacial changes. However, this region’s plateau topogra...