Multiple ecological and hydrological changes recorded in varved sediments from Sanagak Lake, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-233

  Stewart, Kailey A ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a   Finney, Bruce P ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogeochemistry; Climate change; Diatoms; Hydrology; Varves

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYST; DIATOM; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LEAD ISOTOPE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VARVE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SANAGAK LAKE;

ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA ATOMUS; STEPHANODISCUS MINUTULUS;

EID: 46249128091     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9153-7     Document Type: Article

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