Postglacial Treeline Change in the Mackenzie-Selwyn Mountains
Regions: Sahtu Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, climatology, vegetation, climate change, sediment, fossils, treeline
| Principal Investigator: | MacDonald, Glen M (9) |
| Licence Number: | 10048 |
| Organization: | Department of Geography, McMaster University; |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
1990
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1990 |
| Project Team: | Mr. J.M. Szeicz; Mr. C. Hanks; Mr. C.P.S. Larsen; |
Objective(s): To reconstruct past climatic variations; to examine the relationship between climatic change and vegetation response;
Project Description: Dr. Glen MacDonald and his team will collect lake sediment core samples from 3 or 4 small lakes in the Mackenzie Mountains, adjacent to the Canol Road for the purpose of fossil pollen and macrofossil analysis. The area will be revisited in July to conduct surveys of vegetation at and around the treeline.
