Holocene environmental history of the Aishihik Region, Yukon, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Rainville, Rebecca A ^a,b   Gajewski, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE HISTORY; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PERIODIC CHANGES; SEDIMENT RECORDS;

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POND; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ALNUS CRISPA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84876315527     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2012-0103     Document Type: Article

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