The climate of North America and adjacent ocean waters ca. 6 ka

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 661-681

  Gajewski, K ^a   Vance, Robert ^b   Sawada, M ^a   Fung, Inez ^c   Gignac, L Dennis ^d   Halsey, Linda ^d   John, Jasmin ^c   Maisongrande, Philippe ^c   Mandell, P ^e   Mudie, Peta J ^b   Richard, Pierre J H ^f   Sherin, A G ^b   Soroko, Jason ^a   Vitt, Dale H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033852818     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-065     Document Type: Article

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