Palynological Analysis of a Peat Core from Imnavait Creek, the North Slope, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Eisner, Wendy R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Cores; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimatology; Palynology; Peat; Recent epoch; Alaska; Northern; Imnavait Creek region; Yukon; Northern Foothills; Arctic; Brooks Range; north slope; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64605

The pollen record of a 160 cm peat core from Imnavait Creek, a small upland basin in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska, reveals a history of vegetation change from the early Holocene to the present. The Alnus rise within the region occurred after 8500 yr B.P. Betula and Cyperaceae a...