WOOD JAMS OR BEAVER DAMS? PLIOCENE LIFE, SEDIMENT AND LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS IN THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC ...

• Main Authors: Davies, NS, Gosse, JC, Rouillard, A, Rybczynski, N, Meng, J, Reyes, AV, Kiguktak, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Sedimentary Geology 2022
• Subjects: 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 31 Biological Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 37 Earth Sciences; 3702 Climate Change Science; 3705 Geology; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.82220; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/334790

ABSTRACT During the mid-Pliocene (Zanclean, ca. ∼ 3.9 Ma), parts of the Canadian High Arctic experienced mean annual temperatures that were 14–22°C warmer than today and supported diverse boreal-type forests. The landscapes of this vegetated polar region left behind a fragmented sedimentary record t...