Paleoclimatic Significance of Laminated Lake Sediments in the Canadian High Arctic

Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Tags: physical sciences, climatology, sedimentology, sediment, paleoclimatology, paleoenvironment

Principal Investigator: Retelle, Michael J. (6)
Licence Number: 11132
Organization: Bates College; University of Massachusetts
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991 1990
Issued: Jan 01, 1991
Project Team: D. Hardy; J. Hardy; P. Freidman; M. Glos

Objective(s): To recover sediment cores from high arctic lake basins; to interpret the detailed records from the lake sediments in light of modern processes and climatic conditions that will be observed through the summer melt season.

Project Description: The Researcher will gather information from sediment cores to reconstruct climatic conditions.