Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
étiquettes: physical sciences, permafrost, climate change, paleoenvironment, peatlands, pesticides
| chercheur principal: | Vardy, Sheila (2) |
| Nᵒ de permis: | 12113 |
| Organisation: | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo |
| Année(s) de permis: |
1993
1992
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| Délivré: | janv. 01, 1992 |
| Équipe de projet: | Dr. Barry Warner; Dr. Dennis Gregor; Chris Spencer; Bob Ingleton |
Objectif(s): To establish trends of peatland development in the region in relation to climate change for comparison with the paleoenvironmental record from lake sediments; to investigate the influence of permafrost on peatland processes; to investigate the Canadian North with respect to the feasibility of using peat as a temporal record of pesticide residues; to investigate methods utilized in temperate peat studies and the applicability of these methods in northern Canada.
Description du projet: This research is part of a Canadian-Russian collaborative, interdisciplinary project aimed at the history of treeline fluctuations in circumboreal regions. We will also investigate the feasibility of using peat as a temporal record of pesticide residues. It will also investigate methods utilized in temperate peat studies and the applicability of these methods in northern Canada.
