A multi-proxy holocene record of environmental change from the sediments of Skinny Lake, Iskut region, northern British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-431

  Spooner, I S ^a   Mazzucchi, D ^b   Osborn, G ^c   Gilbert, R ^d   Larocque, I ^e  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Climate Impacts Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low; British Columbia; Climate change; Environmental change; Lithostratigraphy; Paleolimnology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; ALNUS; CONIUM MACULATUM; CUPRESSACEAE; PICEA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0036875820     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021689328179     Document Type: Article

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