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Sample: UT1281

Sample ID: UT1281 [1] [2] [3]
Station ID: Palisades_East
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Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Matheus, Paul
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Tephra Fall
Color: pink
Final unit:
Text Description: Occurs at elevations of 1-2 m above water level at west and east limits of Palisades East, but ~14 m above water level in the central bluff area. Occurs stratigraphically below the lower peat and is laterally more traceable than PA tephra samples.
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References Cited

[1] Late Pliocene to late Pleistocene environments preserved at the Palisades Site, central Yukon River, Alaska, 2003

Matheus, Paul, Beget, J. E., Mason, O. K., and Gelvin-Reymiller, Carol, 2003, Late Pliocene to late Pleistocene environments preserved at the Palisades Site, central Yukon River, Alaska: in Westgate, J. A., (ed.), Special issue dedicated to Troy Pewe, Quaternary Research, v. 60, n. 1, p. 33-43.

[2] The Dawson Cut Forest Bed in the Fairbanks area, Alaska, is about two million years old, 2003

Westgate, J. A., Preece, S. J., and Pewe, T. L., 2003, The Dawson Cut Forest Bed in the Fairbanks area, Alaska, is about two million years old: in Westgate, J. A., (ed.), Special issue dedicated to Troy Pewe, Quaternary Research, v. 60, n. 1, p. 2-8.

[3] The Palisades is a key reference site for the middle Pleistocene of eastern Beringia: new evidence from paleomagnetics and regional tephrostratigraphy, 2013

Jensen, B.J.L., Reyes, A.V., Froese, D.G., and Stone, D.B., 2013, The Palisades is a key reference site for the middle Pleistocene of eastern Beringia: new evidence from paleomagnetics and regional tephrostratigraphy: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 63, p. 91-108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.035