Palsa and peat plateau development in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada: Timing, pathways and causes

Boreas

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-327

  Peter, Kuhry ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALSA; PEAT; PERMAFROST; PLATEAU; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62649141679     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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