Late Quaternary Vegetation History of Sulphur Lake, Southwest Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lacourse, T., Gajewski, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: pollen analysis; Quaternary paleoecology; southwest Yukon; spruce migration; vegetation history; analyses polliniques; paléoécologie quaternaire; sud-ouest du Yukon; migration de l’épinette; histoire de la vegetation; Canada; Noire; Yukon; Arctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63888

Paleoecological studies based on the analysis of pollen in lake sediments offer the potential for high resolution and well-dated independent records of past vegetation and climate. A 5 m sediment core was raised from the deepest section of Sulphur Lake, located in the southwest Yukon (60.95°N, 137.9...