Mid to Late Holocene hydroclimatic and geochemical records from the varved sediments of East Lake, Cape Bounty, Canadian High Arctic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2651-2665

  Cuven, Stéphanie ^a,b   Francus, Pierre ^a,b   Lamoureux, Scott ^c  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOTOP   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

High Arctic; Micro X ray fluorescence ( XRF); Paleoclimate; Varves thickness

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ELEMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GENERAL TRENDS; HIGH ARCTIC; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROCLIMATIC; ICE-CAPS; IN-PHASE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MELVILLE ISLAND; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW DEPTHS; VARVES THICKNESS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE; METEOROLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW;

LAKES;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SNOW COVER; VARVE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CANADA; MELVILLE ISLAND [QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS]; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 80051875699     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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