Holocene evolution of lakes in the Bluefish Basin, Northern Yukon, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-224

  Lauriol, Bernard ^a   Lacelle, Denis ^b   Labrecque, Sylvain ^c   Duguay, Claude R ^d   Telka, Alice ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e Paleotec Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluefish Basin; Holocene; Lake levels; Lake sediments; Northern Yukon; Plant macrofossils; Radiocarbon dating; Thaw lakes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE; EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; LITHOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

BLUEFISH BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 68149131424     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic133     Document Type: Article

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