Bathymetry and sediment geochemistry of Lake Hazen (Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut)

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-66

  Kock G ^a,b   Muir, D ^c   Yang, F ^c   Wang, X ^c   Talbot, C ^c   Gantner, N ^d,e   Moser, D ^f  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f VINCA Institut für Naturschutzforschung und Ökologie GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Dating; Depth sounding; Lake volume; Metals; Radiometric; Sediment; Water residence time

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BATHYMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION; GPS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; MELTWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CANADA; LAKE HAZEN; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84863372675     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4165     Document Type: Article

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