NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Tarduno, John A.
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: For much of the Earth's history, the arctic has had a mild climate, quite unlike the conditions that now exist. Evidence that supports this past climate are fossil plants and animals (including crocodiles and tortoises) found in the arctic. The Earth's magnetic field has changed over time and these changes are contained in the fossils. This research will try develop a technique to age these fos...

Principal Investigator: Gajewski, Konrad
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2004 2001 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: This ongoing project examines how vegetation has changed in response to changes in climate. I am using the history of vegetation, as recorded by the fossilized pollen that is present in lake sediments, to determine how vegetation in the arctic has changed over thousands of years. Fossilized pollen is collected by taking core samples from lake bottoms on Prince of Wales and Bathurst Islands. Pre...

Principal Investigator: Bradley, Raymond S.
Licensed Year(s): 1979
Summary: To study the recent geological history of the area and to core lake bottoms in an attempt to ascertain the nature of past climates. The core samples will be analysed for the presence of pollen and small organisms (diatoms and foraminifera)....

Principal Investigator: Mode, William N.
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: Sampling of glacial and marine sediments for compositional and fossil (pollen and marine shelled animals and micro-organisms) analysis and sampling of lake sediments for similar analysis....

Principal Investigator: Hills, L.V.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Collecting samples for palynological (ancient pollen) and fossil studies....