Vegetation and climate history of the Fraser Glaciation on southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

• Main Author: Miskelly, Kristen Rhea
• Other Authors: Hebda, Richard Joseph, Allen, Geraldine A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: alpine flora; refugia; palynology; paleoecology; pollen; ice age; Saanich glacier; Saanich Inlet lobe; glaciers; Olympia; Fraser glaciation; Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada; Osborne; Pacific; Parkland; glacier; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4343

Pollen records from southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, show changes in vegetation and climate from the late Olympia Interstade through the Fraser Glaciation. This study provides important insights into phytogeographic patterns of Pacific Northwest flora, leads to an enhanced understand...