A Guide to the Late Quaternary History of Northern and Western Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Description

Between 27 and 11 kyr ago, during the last major (Naptowne) glaciation, the northwestern and western Kenai Peninsula and the Cook Inlet trough were covered by ice except for local nunataks and small refugia, like the Caribou Hills. Landforms related to four glacial stades are recognized and paleogeographic maps document ice limits, drainage systems, glacial-impounded lakes, and glaciomarine terraces. Numerous multidisciplinary studies of glacial, vegetation, and insect histories document Holocene climatic changes.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/15941
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/15941
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/15941
0 http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/3868
0 http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/3463
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/263

Tags

  • pleistocene
  • radiocarbon dating
  • meltwater
  • seward quadrangle
  • kenai peninsula
  • geomorphology
  • seward highway
  • quaternary
  • lethe tephra
  • sterling highway
  • outwash
  • beluga formation
  • ice-contact
  • terrace
  • holocene
  • gravel
  • elmendorf stade
  • geology
  • glacial deposits
  • moosehorn stade
  • glacial drift
  • erosion
  • tephrachronology
  • cook inlet
  • vegetation
  • sterling formation
  • ice contact deposits
  • climate change
  • glacial geology
  • glaciation
  • coastal erosion
  • bootlegger cove formation
  • skilak stade
  • surficial geology
  • alluvial deposits
  • homer
  • kenai spur highway
  • killey stade
  • ice
  • tephra
  • kenai quadrangle
  • tsunami
  • geologic hazards
  • seldovia quadrangle

Topics

  • Local Government

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