Cliff-top eolian deposits and associated molluscan assemblages as indicators of Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments in Beringia

• Main Authors: Bernard Lauriola, Yannick Cabanaa, Jacques Cinq-marsb, Marie-anne Geurtsa, F. Wayne Grimmc
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Yukon; The Ramparts; Ramparts of the Porcupine; Porcupine River; Beringia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.6123; http://www.geographie.uottawa.ca/PDF/blauriol/Lauriol_et_al_(2001)_b.pdf

Northern Yukon cliff-top eolian deposits are indicators of past climates and environments. The deposits are located along the Ramparts of the Porcupine River, near the international boundary. These eolian deposits resulted from southwest wind regimes that operated at about 14,860BP, and more certain...