Paleoecology of an Interglacial Peat Deposit, Nuyakuk, Southwestern Alaska, U.S.A.

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Elias, Scott A., Short, Susan K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1992
• Subjects: Gravier; The Bluff; Béringie; Tundra; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032890ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/032890ar

This paper reports the presence of interglacial beetle and pollen assemblages within a Pleistocene peat deposit exposed along the Nuyakuk River of southwestern Alaska. The fossil beetle assemblages contain a number of species not previously identified from eastern Beringian fossil assemblages. The N...