Five thousand years of sediment transfer in a high arctic watershed recorded in annually laminated sediments from Lower Murray Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-94

  Cook, Timothy L ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Stoner, Joseph S ^b   Francus, Pierre ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d GEOTOP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Holocene paleoclimate; Lake sediments; Varves

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE FORCING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; VARVE; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; MURRAY LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 58349098945     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9252-0     Document Type: Article

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