11,000yrs of environmental change in the northwest passage: A multiproxy core record from central parry channel, canadian high arctic

Marine Geology

Volumn 341, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-85

  Pieńkowski, Anna J ^a   England, John H ^b   Furze, Mark F A ^c   Blasco, Steve ^d   Mudie, Peta J ^d   MacLean, Brian ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Deglaciation; Environmental change; Holocene; Microfossils; Palynology

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; DEGLACIATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENES; MICROFOSSILS; PALYNOLOGY;

BIOACTIVITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

ICE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORE ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; DIAMICTITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIOISOSTASY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LITTLE ICE AGE; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; POSTGLACIAL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; NUNAVUT; PARRY CHANNEL;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 84879272745     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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