A history of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic archipelago based on postglacial remains of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-255

  Dyke, Arthur S ^a   Hooper, James ^b   Savelle, James M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bowhead whale; climate change; ocean currents; sea ice

Indexed keywords

PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; POSTGLACIAL; POSTGLACIAL HISTORY; RADIOCARBON DATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA ICE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0030303976     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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