The Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental history of a presently deep freshwater lake in east-central Alberta, Canada and palaeoclimate implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 161-178

  Hickman, Michael ^a   Schweger, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA CASPIA; PICEA;

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE HISTORY; LAKE HISTORY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE);

CANADA, ALBERTA, MOORE LAKE;

EID: 0030176738     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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