Postglacial chironomid assemblage succession in northernmost Ungava Peninsula, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-213

  Saulnier Talbot, Émilie ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Lakes; Northern ungava; Sedimentary chironomids; Sediments; Subtribe tanytarsina

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DEGLACIATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LATE GLACIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CORE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNGAVA PENINSULA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; ORTHOCLADIINAE;

EID: 74349095358     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1296     Document Type: Article

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