Holocene environmental change in two polygonal peatlands, south-central Nunavut, Canada

Boreas

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-334

  Vardy, Sheila R ^a   Warner, Barry G ^a   Asada, Taro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PEATLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22444449939     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2005.tb01104.x     Document Type: Article

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