Poor fen succession over ombrotrophic peat related to late Holocene increased surface wetness in subarctic Quebec, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 748-760

  Van Bellen, Simon ^a,c   Garneau, Michelle ^a   Ali, Adam A ^a,d   Lamarre, Alexandre ^a   Robert, Élisabeth C ^b   Magnan, Gabriel ^a   Asnong, Hans ^a   Pratte, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Little Ice Age; Methane; Neoglacial; Plant macrofossils; Testate amoeba

Indexed keywords

FEN; LITTLE ICE AGE; METHANE; NEOGLACIAL; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; SUCCESSION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84890221303     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2670     Document Type: Article

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