Paleolimnological evidence of terrestrial and lacustrine environmental change in response to european settlement of the Red River valley, Manitoba and North Dakota

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 263-275

  Medioli, Barbara E ^a   Dixit, Aruna ^a,b   Smol, John P ^b   Anderson, Thane W ^c   Burbidge, Susan M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALINE LAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; RED RIVER [CANADA-UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRASSICA; FORAMINIFERA; POACEAE; POLYSTOMA; QUERCUS; RUMEX; SALSOLA; TROCHAMMINA MACRESCENS;

EID: 34047182723     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/014756ar     Document Type: Conference Paper

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