Late quaternary paleohydrology of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Quebec, Canada) based on diatom analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-276

  Lapointe, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Late Quaternary; Laurentide Ice Sheet meltwater; Paleohydrology; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOM; MELTWATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY;

CANADA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROSIRA; BACTEROSIRA BATHYOMPHALA; CHAETOCEROS; COSCINODISCUS RADIATUS; DELPHINEIS; DELPHINEIS SURIRELLA; LAURENTIA; PARALIA; PARALIA ORNATA; POROSIRA GLACIALIS; STEPHANOPYXIS TURRIS; SURIRELLA; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA; THALASSIOSIRA HYALINA;

EID: 0034161780     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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