Decadal-scale sea ice changes in the Canadian Arctic and their impacts on humans during the past 4,000 years

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-126

  Mudie, Peta J ^a   Rochon, Andre ^b   Levac, Elisabeth ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic archaeology; Greenland; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoeskimo; Palynology; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846474829     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2005.10.2.113     Document Type: Article

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