A revised late-quaternary vegetation history of the unglaciated southwestern Yukon Territory, Canada, from Antifreeze and Eikland ponds

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-88

  Vermaire, Jesse C ^a   Cwynar, Les C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; LATE QUATERNARY; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; POPULUS; REGION-BASED; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VEGETATION;

LAKES;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POND; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

POPULUS;

EID: 75649092597     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-075     Document Type: Article

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