Variations in Alder Pollen Pore Numbers—A Possible New Correlation Tool for the Neogene Kenai Lowland, Alaska

• Published in: Palynology
• Main Author: Linda M. Reinink-Smith
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: AASP: The Palynological Society 2010
• Subjects: Gulch; Swift Creek; Beluga; Beluga*; Kachemak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2010.495544

Alder (Alnus: Betulaceae) pollen grains are common in coal beds of the Miocene Beluga and the Pliocene Sterling formations exposed in the Kenai lowland, Alaska. All alder pollen grains of the Beluga Formation and the lower part of the overlying Sterling Formation are dominated by 4-pored grains (42–...