The Age and Origin of the Little Diomede Island Upland Surface

ABSTRACT. Geomorphology and projected uplift rates indicate that the upland surface of Little Diomede Island may represent a high sea level stand that occurred 2.6 million years ago in the Bering Strait. The 350–363 m upland surface of the island could be correlative with the York terrace, an uplift...

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Main Authors: Lyn Gualtieri, Julie Brigham-grette
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.5265
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-1-12.pdf