Holocene landscape development and climatic change in the low arctic, Northwest Territories, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 221-234

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   MacDonald, Glen ^b   Cwynar, Les ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climatic change; Holocene; Landscape development; Low arctic; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOIL EROSION; TREELINE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BETULA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 1842485905     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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