Paleolimnological evidence of mining and demographic impacts on Lac Dauriat, Schefferville (subarctic Québec, Canada)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 309-324

  Laperrière, Laurence ^a   Fallu, Marie Andrée ^b   Hausmann, Sonja ^c   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Muir, Derek ^d  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Eutrophication; Geochemistry; Inferred phosphorus; Mining; Paleolimnology; Pollution; Schefferville; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL; INSTALLATION; MINING; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SCHEFFERVILLE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYCLOSTEPHANOS INVISITATUS; NITZSCHIA GRACILIS; NITZSCHIA PERMINUTA;

EID: 46249108043     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9162-6     Document Type: Article

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