Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: biology, fossils, evolution, arctic flora, paleovegetation
Principal Investigator: | Basinger, James F. (11) |
Licence Number: | 8059 |
Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
Licensed Year(s): |
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
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Issued: | Jan 01, 1988 |
Project Team: | Benjamin Lepage; E. McIver; J. Gardner; S. Scheckler |
Objective(s): To continue the work on the fossil plants of the High Arctic; to assemble an extensive collection of fossil plants throughout western and northern Canada as this area is proving to be very important to our understanding of northern temperate flora
Project Description: Dr. Basinger is continuing to investigate and collect the fossils that remain of the tropical forest that once grew in the High Arctic.