Postglacial water-level changes of a small lake in southern Quebec, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 621-634

  Lavoie, Martin ^a,b   Richard, Pierre J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake level changes; Palaeohydrology; Palynology; Plant macrofossils; Qu ebec

Indexed keywords

LAKE LEVEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033841937     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300672141865     Document Type: Article

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