North Slope Alaska Ancient Megafauna Bones, Willow and Stratigraphic Data 2014-2018

• Main Author: Pamela Groves
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: Pleistocene; Beringia; Megafauna; Isotope; yedoma; Alces alces; Bison priscus; Canis lupus; Equus ferus; Mammut americanum; Mammuthus primigenius; Ovibos moschatus; Panthera spelaea; Raniger tarandus; Ursus arctos; Ursus maritimus; Arctic; Ice; north slope; ovibos moschatus; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2RV0D22F

These data are a comprehensive collection from the Pleistocene in Beringia in northern Alaska. The carbon-14 (14C) dates and isotopic data from megafaunal bones, willow and stratigraphic samples allow a reconstruction of the climate, zoological and botanical history of the region during the last 40,...