Ice-flood history reconstructed with tree-rings from the southern boreal forest limit, western Quebec

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Tardif, Jacques ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Boreal forest; Canada; Dendrochronology; Ice floods; Ice scar data; Lake levels; Proxy climatic indicators; Quebec; Spring breakup

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOOD; LITTLE ICE AGE; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

CANADA; LAKE DUPARQUET; QUEBEC;

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030874555     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700305     Document Type: Article

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