Rapid sea-level rise and Holocene climate in the Chukchi Sea

• Main Authors: Keigwin, Lloyd D, Donnelly, Jeffre P, Cook, Mea S, Driscoll, Neal W, Brigham_Grette, Julie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SelectedWorks 2006
• Subjects: sea level; Chukchi Sea; Holocene; Bering Strait; foraminifera; Earth Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Chukchi Shelf; Hope Valley; Barrow; Chukchi; Foraminifera*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://works.bepress.com/julie_brigham_grette/11

Three new sediment cores from the Chukchi Sea preserve a record of local paleoenvironment, sedimentation, and flooding of the Chukchi Shelf (50 m) by glacial-eustatic sea-level rise. Radiocarbon dates on foraminifera provide the first marine evidence that the sea invaded Hope Valley (southern Chukch...