Holocene Paleoecology of the Central Canadian Arctic Islands
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, climatology, sedimentology, lake sediment, pollen
| Principal Investigator: | Gajewski, Konrad (8) |
| Licence Number: | 11148 |
| Organization: | Centre D'Etudes Nordiques, Universite Laval |
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1991 |
| Project Team: | V. Milot-Roy |
Objective(s): To collect lake-sediment cores; to analyze the cores for pollen and sediment characteristics.
Project Description: 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.
