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Station: Palisades_East

Station ID: Palisades_East [1] [2] [3]
Volcano:
Collector: Matheus, Paul
Date visited:
NAD83 latitude: 65.1
NAD83 longitude: -153.24997
Default location: No
Location description: Eight-km section of bluff along the Yukon River, 55 km downstream from the village of Tanana, in the Nowitna Wildlife Refuge. The bluff is comprised mostly of perennially frozen silts, with the tallest sections being approximately 75 m high. Coordinates provided as degrees/minutes and converted to decimal degrees; datum not specified, assumed to be WGS84.
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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 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

[3] 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.