Holocene climate effects on the development of a peatland on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, northwest territories

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-104

  Vardy, Sheila R ^a   Warner, Barry G ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEN; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PEATLANDS; PERMAFROST; WATER BALANCE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, TUKTOYAKTUK PENINSULA;

EID: 0030670049     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1869     Document Type: Article

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