Holocene lake succession and palaeo-optics of a Subarctic lake, northern Quebec, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-526

  Saulnier Talbot, Émilie ^a   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Diatoms; Dissolved organic carbon; DOC; Holocene; Lake sediments; Palaeo optics; Qu bec; Subarctic; Succession; Ultraviolet radiation; UVR; Water colour

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CANADA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0038819650     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl641rp     Document Type: Article

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