Evidence for a warmer period during the 12th and 13th centuries AD from chironomid assemblages in Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Rolland, Nicolas, Larocque, Isabelle, Francus, Pierre, Pienitz, Reinhard, Laperrière, Laurence
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Foxe Basin; Nunavut; Southampton Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.03.001; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589409000313?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589409000313?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003358940000627X

Abstract This study presents the Late-Holocene evolution of a northern Southampton Island (Nunavut, Canada) lake, using fossil chironomids supported by sedimentological evidences (XRF, grain size and CNS). All proxies revealed a relatively stable environment during the last millennium with short-liv...