Vegetation and climate of the last interglacial on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-106

  Fréchette, Bianca ^a   Wolfe, Alexander P ^b   Miller, Gifford H ^c   Richard, Pierre J H ^d   de Vernal, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Baffin Island; Last interglacial; Paleoclimate; Pollen

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ALNUS; BETULA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 33745476618     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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