Environmental Reconstructions from Laminated Lake Sediments, Lake C3, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Author: Zalzal, Kathryn S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2009
• Subjects: varves; climate change; geochemistry; tephrochronology; lake sediments; XRF; Geology; Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Taconite Inlet; Taconite River; Climate change
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/354; https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1440&context=theses

Sediments in Lake C3, Ellesmere Island, Canada, contain annual laminations, providing a record of sediment accumulation for 1900+ years. Marine sediments are also present at base of cores, recording lake isolation following isostatic rebound of the Taconite Inlet region in the mid-Holocene. Beyond w...