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SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THAW LAKES AND BASINS, BARROW PENINSULA, ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTHERN ALASKA

JONES, BENJAMIN M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155321884

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2006, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Geography.
The Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of northern Alaska is characterized by 1000s of lakes and associated drained thaw lake basins (DTLBs). On the Barrow Peninsula, the northern portion of the ACP, they cover 22% and 50% of the land area, respectively. Since 1949, there have been 17 lakes (greater than 40 ha) that have drained on the Barrow Peninsula. Twelve of the seventeen lakes have completely drained and five of the twelve drained as a result of human activity. Thus, lakes tend to completely drain once they encounter a drainage mechanism and this tendency has implications for the consistency between radiocarbon dates obtained from a DTLB. Analysis of four different aged DTLBs has shown that intra-basin variability increases with age as evidenced by the wider range of radiocarbon dates obtained from older-aged basins. An attempt to reconstruct successional stages within an ancient DTLB was not possible due to the process of cryoturbation.
Dr. Wendy Eisner (Advisor)
105 p.
Geography; Paleoecology
Drained Thaw Lake Basins; Thaw Lakes; Barrow; Alaska; Arctic Coastal Plain

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  • JONES, B. M. (2006). SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THAW LAKES AND BASINS, BARROW PENINSULA, ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTHERN ALASKA [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155321884

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • JONES, BENJAMIN. SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THAW LAKES AND BASINS, BARROW PENINSULA, ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTHERN ALASKA. 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155321884.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • JONES, BENJAMIN. "SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THAW LAKES AND BASINS, BARROW PENINSULA, ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTHERN ALASKA." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155321884

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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