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Age determination of late Pleistocene marine transgression in western Alaska

January 1, 1982

Dating molluscs from sediments representing the Kotzebuan marine transgression in Alaska yields an average uranium-series age of 104,000 ?? 22,000 yrs B.P. This and other selected Pleistocene marine deposits of western Alaska are tentatively correlated with radiometrically dated units of eastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. ?? 1982.

Publication Year 1982
Title Age determination of late Pleistocene marine transgression in western Alaska
Authors B. J. Szabo
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Marine Geology
Index ID 70011802
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse