Palaeolimnological conditions inferred from fossil diatom assemblages and derivative spectral properties of sediments in thermokarst ponds of subarctic Quebec, Canada

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Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-595

  Bouchard, Frédéric ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b,c   Ortiz, Joseph D ^d   Francus, Pierre ^a,b   Laurion, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMNOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POND; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMOKARST;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BOREAS; FRAGILARIA; PINNULARIA;

EID: 84879550327     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12000     Document Type: Article

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