Holocene vegetation history of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 430-436

  Gajewski, K ^a   Mott, R J ^b   Ritchie, J C ^c,d   Hadden, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Scarborough College   (Canada)

^d Pebbledash Cottage Corfe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Banks Island; Holocene; Paleoecology; Pollen diagram; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HISTORY; VEGETATION;

HOLOCENE; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0033936676     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b00-018     Document Type: Article

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