Age and paleoecological significance of an early postglacial fossil assemblage near Marathon, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 687-698

  Bajc, Andrew F ^a   Morgan, Alan V ^b   Warner, Barry G ^b  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE FLORA; LAKE LEVEL; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATA; RADIOCARBON DATE; RIPARIAN COMMUNITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, MARATHON;

EID: 0031422336     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-055     Document Type: Article

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