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Author : Gajewski, K.; Viau, A.; Peros, M.; and Ladd, M.
Date : 2007.
Title : Paleoclimates of northern Canada - a synthesis.
Publication : CMOS, CGU, AMS Congress 2007. "Air, Ocean, Earth and Ice on the Rock". May 28 - June 1, 2007. St. John's Congress Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Issue :
Page(s) : C02-2B5 .1.
Abstract
Regional syntheses of well-dated, multi-proxy reconstructions of Holocene climates are needed to permit an understanding of the causes of century to millennial-scale climate variations. One region of interest is northern Canada, where high resolution and well dated paleoclimate records are becoming available. The early Holocene was warm across the entire Arctic, as shown in lake sediment records from several sites from the southern Arctic Islands. Variability of several timescales is identified in high-resolution records from all sites that have been studied at sufficient resolution. Transitions in lake sediment parameters and diatom and pollen assemblages occur synchronously with ice core records and reconstructions from pollen diagrams from southern Canada and the United States. We will discuss the various records that are available from this region and present a synthesis of the paleoclimate record for the region.
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