Late-Quaternary Environmental and Ecological History of the Arctic Foothills, Northern Alaska

W. Wyatt Oswald; Linda B. Brubaker; Feng Sheng Hu; George W. Kling

doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199860401.003.0004

Late-Quaternary Environmental and Ecological History of the Arctic Foothills, Northern Alaska

W. Wyatt Oswald, Linda B. Brubaker, Feng Sheng Hu, George W. Kling

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This chapter summarizes the environmental and ecological history of the Arctic Foothills in Northern Alaska. It characterizes the responses of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to climatic changes of the past ~30,000 years. It highlights pollen records of changing vegetation composition which are abundant in the arctic foothills in studying responses to climate change. It describes the paleo-environmental environment across four periods: Glacial Interval (~27,000-15,000 yr BP), Late Glacial (~15,000-11,500 yr BP), Early Holocene (~11,500-7,500 yr BP), and Middle to Late Holocene (~7,500 yr BP to present).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Alaska's Changing Arctic
Subtitle of host publication	Ecological Consequences for Tundra, Streams, and Lakes
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780190267889
ISBN (Print)	9780199860401
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199860401.003.0004
State	Published - Mar 27 2014

Keywords

Aquatic ecosystems
Arctic foothills
Climate change
Ecological history
Glacial interval
Holocene
Northern alaska
Pollen record
Terrestrial ecosystems

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