Late Quaternary Vegetation Development Following Deglaciation of Northwestern Alexander Archipelago, Alaska

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Author: Thomas A. Ager
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Alaska; late quaternary; deglaciation; lake sediments; marine sediments; vegetation; Science; Q; Parkland; Archipelago; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00104; https://doaj.org/article/62d4c21964634ca1a10b7e4dd9a32375

The Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered most of southeastern Alaska during the Last Glacial Interval (LGI: Marine Isotope Stage 2). Ice began to recede from western Alexander Archipelago ∼17,000 ± 700 yr BP. In this study, pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating of three sediment cores were used to reconst...