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Tundra and boreal forest of interior Alaska during terminal MIS 6 and MIS 5e

Tundra and boreal forest of interior Alaska during terminal MIS 6 and MIS 5e
Tundra and boreal forest of interior Alaska during terminal MIS 6 and MIS 5e
Two sites within the boreal forest of interior
Alaska shed light on the climate and vegetation of terminal
marine isotope stage (MIS) 6 (ca. 140–130 kyr ago) and
MIS 5e (125–116 kyr ago). The Birch Creek and Koyukuk
localities are river-cut exposures with sediments dating
from the penultimate glaciation (at least) to the present.
Plant macrofossils, pollen, and beetles were analyzed at
these sites. Terminal MIS 6-aged samples indicate a cooler
than modern climate and the presence of shrub tundra.
During MIS 5e, boreal forest grew at the sites and temperatures
were similar to modern times. However, the
forest may also have been more mesic than today, as
indicated by relatively abundant ferns. Winters may have
been warmer than today, as suggested by beetle-based
climatic reconstructions as well as the presence of two
extralimital taxa that today live in regions where winter
temperatures are up to 15 ?C warmer than at the site
localities
Alaska, boreal, MIS 6, MIS 5e, palaeovegetation, coleopteran, palaeoclimate
0939-6314
177-193
Bigelow, N.H.
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Edwards, M.E.
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Elias, S.E.
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Hamilton, T.D.
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Schweger, C.E.
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Bigelow, N.H.
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Edwards, M.E.
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Elias, S.E.
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Hamilton, T.D.
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Schweger, C.E.
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Bigelow, N.H., Edwards, M.E., Elias, S.E., Hamilton, T.D. and Schweger, C.E. (2013) Tundra and boreal forest of interior Alaska during terminal MIS 6 and MIS 5e. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 23 (3), 177-193. (doi:10.1007/s00334-013-0425-z). (In Press)

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Abstract

Two sites within the boreal forest of interior
Alaska shed light on the climate and vegetation of terminal
marine isotope stage (MIS) 6 (ca. 140–130 kyr ago) and
MIS 5e (125–116 kyr ago). The Birch Creek and Koyukuk
localities are river-cut exposures with sediments dating
from the penultimate glaciation (at least) to the present.
Plant macrofossils, pollen, and beetles were analyzed at
these sites. Terminal MIS 6-aged samples indicate a cooler
than modern climate and the presence of shrub tundra.
During MIS 5e, boreal forest grew at the sites and temperatures
were similar to modern times. However, the
forest may also have been more mesic than today, as
indicated by relatively abundant ferns. Winters may have
been warmer than today, as suggested by beetle-based
climatic reconstructions as well as the presence of two
extralimital taxa that today live in regions where winter
temperatures are up to 15 ?C warmer than at the site
localities

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 December 2013
Keywords: Alaska, boreal, MIS 6, MIS 5e, palaeovegetation, coleopteran, palaeoclimate
Organisations: Palaeoenvironment Laboratory (PLUS)

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Local EPrints ID: 380366
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380366
ISSN: 0939-6314
PURE UUID: 6bcb9dba-420b-46fc-b5df-96b6f9f227d3
ORCID for M.E. Edwards: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3490-6682

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Date deposited: 09 Sep 2015 13:32
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:13

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Author: N.H. Bigelow
Author: M.E. Edwards ORCID iD
Author: S.E. Elias
Author: T.D. Hamilton
Author: C.E. Schweger

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