Sedimentology of perennial ice-covered, meromictic Lake A, Ellesmere Island, at the northern extreme of Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-100

  Tomkins, Jessica D ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a   Antoniades, Dermot ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIALS; BOTTOM WATERS; CHEMOCLINE; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; ELEMENTAL SULPHURS; ENERGY STREAMS; HIGH ARCTIC; ICE COVERS; IRON-SULPHIDES; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTARY UNITS;

CLAY MINERALS; ICE; LAKES; OXYGEN; PELLETIZING; PETROLOGY; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SULFUR;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DISCHARGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ICE COVER; MEROMICTIC LAKE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

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

EID: 65349105458     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-008     Document Type: Article

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