Multi-proxy record of postglacial environmental change, south-central Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-258

  Peros, Matthew ^a   Gajewski, Konrad ^a   Paull, Tara ^a   Ravindra, Rebecca ^a   Podritske, Brandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Climate change; Deglaciation; Diatoms; Holocene; Lake sediments; Pollen

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; HYPSITHERMAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; OXYRIA; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 76849111833     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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