Autumn snowfall and hydroclimatic variability during the past millennium inferred from the varved sediments of meromictic Lake A, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Tomkins, Jessica D., Lamoureux, Scott F., Antoniades, Dermot, Vincent, Warwick F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2010.06.005; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589410000645?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589410000645?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400036322

Abstract We examined the hydroclimatic signal in a record of annual lamina (varve) thickness from High Arctic Lake A, Ellesmere Island (83°00.00′N, 75°30.00′W). In this unglacierized catchment, nival melt is the dominant source for meltwater and transport of sediment to the lake, and autumn snowfall...