Late Holocene environmental conditions in Coronation Gulf, southwestern Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Evidence from dinoflagellate cysts, other non-pollen palynomorphs, and pollen

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 839-853

  Pieńkowski, Anna J ^a,e   Mudie, Peta J ^b   England, John H ^a   Smith, John N ^c   Furze, Mark F A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decadal scale; Environmental change; Little Ice Age; Northwest Passage; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CORONATION GULF; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; NUNAVUT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 81155139578     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1503     Document Type: Article

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