1750 years of large rainfall events inferred from particle size at East Lake, Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-173

  Lapointe, François ^a,b   Francus, Pierre ^a,b   Lamoureux, Scott F ^c   Saïd, Meriem ^d   Cuven, Stéphanie ^e  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOTOP   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Grain size; High Arctic; Image analysis; Paleoclimate; Scanning electron microscope; Varves

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FACIES; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METEOROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VARVE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CAPE BOUNTY; EAST LAKE; MELVILLE ISLAND [QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84861645866     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9611-8     Document Type: Article

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