A late Quaternary record of eolian silt deposition in a maar lake, St. Michael Island, western Alaska

• Main Authors: Muhs, Daniel R., Ager, Thomas A, Been, Josh, Bradbury, J. Platt, Dean, Walter E
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2003
• Subjects: Alaska; St. Michael Island; Lake sediments; Loess; Geochemistry; Paleoclimate; Last-glacial period; Earth Sciences; St Michael; Island Lake; Tundra
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/175; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsstaffpub/article/1174/viewcontent/Muhs_QR_2003_Late_Quaternary_record.pdf

Recent stratigraphic studies in central Alaska have yielded the unexpected finding that there is little evidence for full-glacial (late Wisconsin) loess deposition. Because the loess record of western Alaska is poorly exposed and not well known, we analyzed a core from Zagoskin Lake, a maar lake on...