Holocene environmental history of thermokarst lakes on Richards Island, Northwest Territories, Canada: Thecamoebians as paleolimnological indicators

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-283

  Baltimore, Audrey ^a   Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^a   Dallimore, Scott R ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Holocene; Paleolimnology; Thecamoebians; Thermokarst lakes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LAKE WATER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOKARST;

CANADA;

EID: 0342748402     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008184522637     Document Type: Article

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