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Sea-level Data for Parts of the Bering-Chukchi Shelves of Beringia from 19,000 to 10,000 14C yr B.P.1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dean A. McManus  and
Joe S. Creager
Dean A. McManus
Affiliation:
School of Oceanography, University of Washington WB-10, Seattle, Washington 98195
Joe S. Creager
Affiliation:
School of Oceanography, University of Washington WB-10, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Abstract

Sea-level changes in Beringia are especially significant because they affect the migration of land plants and animals between Asia and North America, and marine plants and animals between the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Previous studies of cores from the Bering and Chukchi shelves produced sea-level curves. Evaluation of these data suggests that nine of the radiocarbon-dated estimates of sea-level position are most reliable for the time period 19,000 to 10,000 yr B.P. The trend of these nine points is proposed as the basis for a regional sea-level curve for central Beringia. Constraints on the data must be noted, however, by anyone using them.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 1984 , pp. 317 - 325
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University of Washington

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Contribution No. 1336, School of Oceanography, University of Washington.

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