A high resolution proxy-climate record from an arctic lake with annually-laminated sediments on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-225

  Gajewski, K ^a   Hamilton, P B ^b   McNeely, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic; bacteria; Devon Island; diatoms; lake sediments; paleoclimate; varves

Indexed keywords

PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VARVE;

CANADA;

EID: 0030609492     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007984617675     Document Type: Article

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