Using Natural Archives to Reconstruct Environmental Changes Caused by Human Activities

• Main Author: Gallant, Lauren Rachel
• Other Authors: Blais, Jules
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2020
• Subjects: natural archives; Arctic; lakes; sediments; bats; guano; isotopes; metals; sterols; stanols; Guano; Resolute Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40386; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-24619

The objective of this thesis was to develop new approaches and perspectives in resolving historical information from natural archives. Paleolimnology, the study of past aquatic environments using lake sediment cores, has greatly advanced our understanding of previous environments. This thesis intend...