DNA Evidence Links Caribou Migration and a Volcanic Eruption
February 27th, 2010 Posted in Geology.com
The White River tephra is an ashfall produced by an eruption of Mount Churchill Volcano that blanketed much of east-central Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada about 1000 years ago. DNA evidence from frozen caribou remains links a large migration to the eruption.
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DNA Evidence Links Caribou Migration and a Volcanic Eruption