Heightened sensitivity of a poorly buffered high arctic lake to late-Holocene climatic change

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Michelutti, Neal ^a,b   Douglas, Marianne S V ^b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^c   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Climate change; Diatoms; Paleolimnology; pH; Soft water lakes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646530755     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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