A varve record of increased ‘Little Ice Age’ rainfall associated with volcanic activity, Arctic Archipelago, Canada

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Lamoureux, Scott F., England, John H., Sharp, Martin J., Bush, Andrew B.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2001
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Fuller; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968301668776315; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/095968301668776315

Varved sediments from Nicolay Lake, Canadian High Arctic, record major summer rainfall events over the last five centuries. Increased incidences of summer rainfall occurred during the coldest periods of the ‘Little Ice Age’ and were strongly clustered in the years immediately fol...