Holocene climate change and landscape development from a low-Arctic tundra lake in the western Hudson Bay region of Manitoba, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-192

  Camill, Philip ^a   Umbanhowar Jr , Charles E ^b   Geiss, Christoph ^c   Hobbs, William O ^d   Edlund, Mark B ^d   Shinneman, Avery Cook ^e   Dorale, Jeffrey A ^f   Lynch, Jason ^g  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Diatom; Fire; Geochemistry; Holocene; Hudson Bay; Lake; Paleoclimate; Peat; Pollen; Proxy; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; MANITOBA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84861648018     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9619-0     Document Type: Article

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