Geochemistry of lake sediments as a record of environmental change in a high arctic watershed

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-275

  Ng, Sai L ^a   King, Roger H ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic lake; Environmental change; Geochemistry; Lake sediment; Multivariate statistical analysis; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; FISH LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 4344642041     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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