Holocene Paleoecology of the Central Canadian Arctic Islands

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: physical sciences, climatology, sedimentology, lake sediment, pollen

chercheur principal: Gajewski, Konrad (8)
Nᵒ de permis: 11148
Organisation: Centre D'Etudes Nordiques, Universite Laval
Année(s) de permis: 2008 2004 2001 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Délivré: janv. 01, 1991
Équipe de projet: V. Milot-Roy

Objectif(s): To collect lake-sediment cores; to analyze the cores for pollen and sediment characteristics.

Description du projet: The Researcher will collect lake sediment cores from Somerset Island and northwest Cornwallis Island. The pollen and sediment characteristics will be analyzed in a laboratory to reconstruct the vegetation and climate history of the past 8000-9000 years of these regions.