An Investigation of the Chemical Paleoenvironmental Record Preserved in the Sediments of a Shallow, High Arctic Emergent Lake, Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, N.W.T.

Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Tags: physical sciences, biology, sedimentology, paleolimnology, paleoenvironment, chemistry

Principal Investigator: Smith, I.R. (1)
Licence Number: 12023
Organization: Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Issued: Jan 01, 1992
Project Team: see Dr. Roger H. King (12 404 293)

Objective(s): To examine the paleolimnological record of three parallel sediment cores removed from Middle Beschel Lake; to examine the chemical, biological and physical sedimentological characteristics of the sediments; to determine the nature and controls of the preserved sedimentary paleoenvironmental record;

Project Description: Mr. Smith will continue to investigate the paleolimnological record of Middle Beschel Lake.