Hamilton Harbour, Ontario: 8300 years of limnological and environmental change inferred from microfossil and isotopic analyses

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-97

  Duthie, H C ^a   Yang, J R ^a,b   Edwards, T W D ^a   Wolfe, B B ^a   Warner, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Hamilton Harbour; Paleolimnology; Palynology; Sediment isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN ANALYSIS;

CANADA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO, HAMILTON HARBOUR; CANADA, ONTARIO, LAKE ONTARIO, HAMILTON HARBOUR;

EID: 0029667989     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00176991     Document Type: Article

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