Lake levels in a discontinuous permafrost landscape: Late Holocene variations inferred from sediment oxygen isotopes, Yukon Flats, Alaska

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Lesleigh Anderson, Bruce P. Finney, Mark D. Shapley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: alaska; holocene; paleoclimate; yukon flats; lake sediment δ18o; thermokarst; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Yukon; Lower Lake; High Lake; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; permafrost; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1496565; https://doaj.org/article/7c5db1db67f048a6afbed43127b9c909

During recent decades, lake levels in the Yukon Flats region of interior Alaska have fluctuated dramatically. However, prior to recorded observations, no data are available to indicate if similar or more extreme variations occurred during past centuries and millennia. This study explores the history...