Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Mid-Pliocene Fossil Site in the High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut): Evidence of an Ancient Peatland with Beaver Activity + Online Appendix Figures S1 and S2 (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mitchell, William Travis, Rybczynski, Natalia, Schröder-Adams, Claudia, Hamilton, Paul B., Smith, Robin, Douglas, Marianne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: sedimentology; diatom; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Ellesmere Island; Beaver Pond Site; Pliocene; beaver; peat; fossil; fire; sédimentologie; diatomée; reconstruction paléoenvironnementale; île d’Ellesmere; site Beaver Pond; Pliocène; castor; tourbe; fossile; feu; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Gravier; Nunavut; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67608

Neogene terrestrial deposits of sand and gravel with preserved wood and peat accumulations occur in many areas of the High Arctic. The Pliocene-aged Beaver Pond fossil site (Ellesmere Island, NU) is one such site that differs from other sites in the great thickness of its peat layer and the presence...