The late Quaternary development of three ancient tarns on southwestern Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada: Paleolimnological evidence from diatoms and sediment chemistry

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Wolfe, Alexander P ^a,b   Häftling, Joachim W ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Baffin Island; Diatoms; Glacial refugia; Lake developmental history; Sediment chemistry

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE DEVELOPMENT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; PATTERN; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; TARN; TARN DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA, BAFFIN ISLAND, CUMBERLAND PENINSULA; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND, CUMBERLAND PENINSULA;

EID: 0029667984     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00176987     Document Type: Article

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