Tundra Rodents in a Late Pleistocene Fauna from the Tofty Placer District, Central Alaska

Describes remains of the arctic ground squirrel, collared and brown lemmings, and the narrow-skulled vole collected 1956-1961 in or near the Sullivan mining pit. Topography, vegetation, and mining history are outlined, as are the stratigraphy and age of the unconsolidated deposits in which the fossi...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Repenning, C.A., Hopkins, D.M., Rubin, Meyer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
Subjects:
Energy budgets
Heat transmission
Movement
Ocean currents
Sea ice
Temporal variations
Winds
East Greenland Current
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Greenland
Sullivan
Arctic ground squirrel
East Greenland
east greenland current
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66552
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Summary:Describes remains of the arctic ground squirrel, collared and brown lemmings, and the narrow-skulled vole collected 1956-1961 in or near the Sullivan mining pit. Topography, vegetation, and mining history are outlined, as are the stratigraphy and age of the unconsolidated deposits in which the fossils were found. The rodents, all typical tundra forms, are not now in the Tofty area which has been forested at least 6800 yr. Apparently, they represent the fauna of a colder climatic period during Wisconsin time.

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