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Displacement of Yukon-derived sediment from Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea during Holocene time
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Sedimentary RecordYukon SedimentEngineeringGeomorphologyPaleoceanographySedimentary GeologyEarth ScienceQuaternary PeriodChukchi SeaHoloceneSediment AnalysisQuaternary ResearchGeochronologySea-level HistoryMarine GeologyGeographyGeologySedimentologySediment TransportCoastal Sediment TransportHolocene TimeYukon RiverYukon-derived SedimentYukon River Sediment
Research Article| March 01, 1977 Displacement of Yukon-derived sediment from Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea during Holocene time Hans Nelson; Hans Nelson 1U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Joe S. Creager Joe S. Creager 2Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hans Nelson 1U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 Joe S. Creager 2Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1977) 5 (3): 141–146. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1977)5<141:DOYSFB>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Hans Nelson, Joe S. Creager; Displacement of Yukon-derived sediment from Bering Sea to Chukchi Sea during Holocene time. Geology 1977;; 5 (3): 141–146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1977)5<141:DOYSFB>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Since Shpanberg Strait was opened by sea-level transgression about 12,000 B.P., one-third to one-half of the sediment load of the Yukon River has bypassed the northern Bering Sea to accumulate in the thick blanket of Holocene1 sediment in the southern Chukchi Sea. Prior to the transgression of Norton Sound about 9500 B.P., more than half of the Yukon River sediment may have been bypassed to the Chukchi Sea. After about 5000 B.P., deposition of Yukon sediment significantly increased in the Bering Sea when the present Yukon subdelta was apparently formed in the southern part of Norton Sound. Even now, one-third of the Yukon load may be carried to the Chukchi Sea, because the continual strong northward circulation of the Alaskan Coastal Water advects some of the Yukon sediment plume, along with masses of sediment intermittently resuspended by storms.This major displacement of sediment 500 to 1,000 km from a river source has important implications for models of advective transport over shelves, paleogeographic reconstructions of sedimentary environments in epicontinental seas, and development of nonsubsiding deltas, such as the Yukon. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.