Evolution of high latitude floras

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
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.