An 8,900-year-old forest drowned by Lake Superior: Hydrological and paleoecological implications

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-355

  Boyd, M ^a   Teller, J T ^b   Yang, Z ^b   Kingsmill, L ^a   Shultis, C ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Holocene paleoecology; Houghton low water phase; Lake Superior; Paleohydrology; Plant macrofossils

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BOREAL FOREST; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LAMINATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MORAINE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRANSGRESSION; VARVE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH BAY; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THUNDER BAY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84859265037     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9461-1     Document Type: Article

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