Elk Lake (Clearwater Co., MN)
Location: |
Minnesota, USA |
Latitude (N): |
47.19° |
Longitude (W): |
95.22° |
Site notes: |
There are two Elk Lakes in Minnesota that have been the subject of palaeoecological studies. This is the better-known and more-studied of the two. It is located in Itasca State Park. |
- Anderson, R. Y. 1993
- The Varve Chronometer in Elk Lake: Record of Climatic
Variability and Evidence.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 45-67. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Anderson, R. Y., J. P. Bradbury, W. E. Dean, and M. Stuiver
1993
- Chronology of Elk Lake Sediments: Coring, Sampling, and Time-
Series Construction.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 37-43. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Anderson, R. Y., W. E. Dean, and J. P. Bradbury 1993
- Elk Lake in Perspective.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 1-6. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Bartlein, P. J., and C. Whitlock 1993
- Paleoclimatic Interpretation of the Elk Lake Pollen Record.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 275-293. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater County).
- Bradbury, J. P. 1975
-
Diatom Stratigraphy and Human Settlement in Minnesota.
Special Paper 171. Geological Society of America, Boulder,
Colorado, USA 74 pp.
Sites discussed: Pickerel Lake, Lake
Sallie, St Clair Lake, Elk Lake (Clearwater County), Shagawa Lake,
Tanager Lake, Lake Minnetonka (Browns Bay), Lake Minnetonka (Carman
Bay).
- Bradbury, J. P., W. E. Dean, and R. Y. Anderson 1993
- Holocene Climatic and Limnologic History of the North-Central
United States as Recorded in the Varved Sediments of Elk Lake,
Minnesota: A Synthesis.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 309-328. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Bradbury, J. P., and K. V. Dieterich-Rurup 1993
- Holocene Diatom Paleoclimatology of Elk Lake, Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 215-237. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Brugam, R. B. 1993
- Surface Sample Analogues of Elk Lake Fossil Diatom Assemblages.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 189-214. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Clark, J. S. 1993
- Fire, Climate Change, and Forest Processes During the Past 2000
Years.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 295-308. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Covich, A. P., S. C. Fritz, P. J. Lamb, R. D. Marzolf, W. J.
Matthews, K. A. Poiani, E. E. Prepas, M. B. Richman, and T. C.
Winter 1997
- Potential Effects of Climate Change on Aquatic Ecosystems of
the Great Plains of North America.
Hydrological Processes 11:993-1021.
Sites discussed: Devils Lake, Elk Lake
(Clearwater County). A useful review article that touches on proxy
palaeoenvironmental data and considers impacts of future climate
change scenarios. Contains a useful and extensive reference
list.
- Dean, W. E. 1993
- Physical Properties, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Holocene
Varved Sediments from Elk Lake, Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 135-157. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Dean, W. E. 1997
- Rates, timing, and cyclicity of Holocene eolian activity in
north-central United States: Evidence from varved lake sediments.
Geology 25(4):331-334.
AEU SCI QE 1 G3455 Site discussed: Elk
Lake (Clearwater County). Found that aeolian input to Elk Lake
(Clearwater County, MN) was greater in the mid-Holocene. Found
distinct patterning (regularity) in the geochemical signature of
aeolian activity.
- Dean, W. E., E. Gorham, and D. J. Swaine 1993
- Geochemistry of Surface Sediments of Minnesota Lakes.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 115-133. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Dean, W. E., and R. O. Megard 1993
- Environment of Deposition of CaCO3 in Elk Lake,
Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 97-113. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Dean, W. E., and M. Stuiver 1993
- Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Studies of the Sediments of
Elk Lake, Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 163-180. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Forester, R. M. 1982
- Ostracodes as Indicators of Rapid Climate Change.
In American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Program and
Abstracts of the Seventh Biennial Conference. pp. 51-52.
Character and Timing of Rapid Environmental and Climatic Changes.
June 28-30, 1982, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County). Short review of utility of ostracodes as a climate
indicator. Notes that ostracodes show some short-term climate
fluctuations in the Elk Lake record that are not shown in the
pollen record. One particular taxon, Cadona rectangulata, appears
at an interval estimated to span 10,900 to 10,600 yr BP. This is an
indicator of cold summer conditions (currently confined to the
north, where water temperatures remain cool).
(04/12/2007).
- Forester, R. M., L. D. Delorme, and L. P. Bradbury 1987
- Mid-Holocene Climate in Northern Minnesota.
Quaternary Research 28:263-273.
AEU SCI QE 696 Q24 Site discussed: Elk
Lake (Clearwater County), Minnesota. Discusses temperature
estimates for last 8000 years based on records from six ostracode
species (Limnocythere herricki, Candona rawsoni,
Candona candida, Physocypria globula, and
Heterocypris incongruens) and diatom records recovered from
lake cores. (04/04/2009).
- Laird, K. R., B. F. Cumming, S. Wunsam, J. A. Rusak, R. J.
Oglesby, S. C. Fritz, and P. R. Leavitt 2003
- Lake sediments record large-scale shifts in moisture regimes
across the northern prairies of North America during the past two
millennia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
100(5):2483-2488.
Sites discussed: Chauvin Lake, Nora Lake,
Coldwater Lake, Moon Lake, Elk Lake (Clearwater County Study based
on analysis of diatom records.
- Megard, R. O., J. P. Bradbury, and W. E. Dean 1993
- Climatic and Limnologic Setting of Elk Lake.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 19-36. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Nuhfer, E. B., R. Y. Anderson, J. P. Bradbury, and W. E. Dean
1993
- Modern Sedimentation in Elk Lake, Clearwater County, Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 75-96. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Sanger, J. E., and R. J. Hay 1993
- Fossil Pigments in Holocene Varved Sediments in Elk Lake,
Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 181-188. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Sprowl, D. R. 1993
- On the Precision of the Elk Lake Varve Chronology.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 69-74. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Sprowl, D. R., and S. K. Banerjee 1993
- Geologic Implications of the Elk Lake Paleomagnetic Record.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 159-162. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Whitlock, C., P. J. Bartlein, and W. A. Watts 1993
- Vegetation of Elk Lake.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 251-274. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Wright Jr, H. E. 1993
- History of the Landscape in the Itasca Region.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 7-17. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Sites discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
- Zeeb, B. A., and J. P. Smol 1993
- Postglacial Chrysophycean Cyst Record from Elk Lake, Minnesota.
In Elk Lake, Minnesota: Evidence for Rapid Climate Change in
the North-Central United States, edited by J. P. Bradbury and
W. E. Dean, pp. 239-249. Special Paper 276. Geological Society of
America, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Site discussed: Elk Lake (Clearwater
County).
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