A multi-proxy lithostratigraphic record of Late Glacial and Holocene climate variability from Piper Lake, Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2039-2049

  Spooner, Ian S ^a   MacDonald, Ian ^a   Beierle, Brandon ^b   Jull, A J Timothy ^c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kudu Industries   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; LIMNOLOGICAL FACTORS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; PIPER LAKE;

EID: 33645646619     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-063     Document Type: Article

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