Regions: South Slave Region
Tags: botany, paleoecology, jack pine, tree core sampling, sediment core sampling, paleovegetation
| Principal Investigator: | MacDonald, Glen M (9) |
| Licence Number: | 9012 |
| Organization: | Department of Geography, McMaster University; |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1989
1988
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1989 |
| Project Team: | Ms. K. Mcleod; Chris Hanks |
Objective(s): to obtain lake sediment cores, samples of pine needles, cones, seeds and tree-ring cores from two sites near Hay River; the sediment cores will be analysed for fossil pollen content to determine the chronology of pine migration into the NWT following the last ice-age; the pine samples will be analysed to determine the genetic and morphologic diversity of the pine stands; the study will be used to test hypotheses regarding postglacial history of northern plants and distributions of genetic diversity
Project Description: Dr. Glen MacDonald and his team will be obtaining lake sediment cores, samples of pine needles, cones, seeds and tree-ring cores from 2 sites near Hay River. Fossil pollen from the sediment will be used to document the chronology of pine migration into the NWT following the last ice-age. The study will be used to understand postglacial history of northern plants.
