Abstract
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 (US) |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| State | Published - Mar 27 2014 |
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Keywords
- Aquatic ecosystems
- Arctic foothills
- Climate change
- Ecological history
- Glacial interval
- Holocene
- Northern alaska
- Pollen record
- Terrestrial ecosystems
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Environmental Science(all)
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Late-Quaternary Environmental and Ecological History of the Arctic Foothills, Northern Alaska. / Wyatt Oswald, W.; Brubaker, Linda B.; Hu, Feng Sheng; Kling, George W.
Alaska's Changing Arctic: Ecological Consequences for Tundra, Streams, and Lakes. Oxford University Press, 2014.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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