Holocene palaeoecological reconstruction of three boreal peatlands in the La Grande Rivière region, Québec, Canada

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Beaulieu-Audy, Véronique, Garneau, Michelle, Richard, Pierre J.H., Asnong, Hans
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2009
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Canada; La Grande Rivière; Tyrrell
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683608101395; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683608101395

Pollen and macrofossil analyses from central peat cores along with 23 radiocarbon dates were used in palaeoecological reconstructions for three peatlands (LG1, LG2 and LG3) within the lower La Grande Rivière watershed in northern boreal Québec. Basal ages from LG3 and LG2 indicate up to an 1100 year...