Paleoenvironmental analyses of an organic deposit from an erosional landscape remnant, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Eisner, W R, Bockheim, J G, Hinkel, K M, Brown, T A, Nelson, F E, Peterson, K M, Jones, B M
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2005
• Subjects: Plants; Drainage; Sediments; Pollen; 01 Coal; Lignite; And Peat; Nutrients; Peat; Alaska; Lakes; Tundra; Age Estimation; Soils; Shrubs; Climates; 54 Environmental Sciences; Carbon; Permafrost; Plant Growth; Arctic; Barrow Peninsula; Barrow; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.025; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1409940/

The dominant landscape process on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is the formation and drainage of thaw lakes. Lakes and drained thaw lake basins account for approximately 75% of the modern surface expression of the Barrow Peninsula. The thaw lake cycle usually obliterates lacustrine or...