Plant macroscopic remains from recent sediments of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, and Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada, and the interpretation of Quaternary cold stage plant macroscopic assemblages

Macroscopic plant remains were extracted from recent sediments of streams on Banks Island and Bathurst Island. Analyses of the samples are given and their general relation to the vegetation is described. Problems of interpretation of the contemporary and Quaternary cold stage macroscopic assemblages...

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Published in:Journal of quaternary science 2000-02, Vol.15 (2), p.177-184
Main Authors: West, Richard G., Pettit, Mary E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Canadian arctic
Plant macrofossils
Quaternary cold stage
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Summary:Macroscopic plant remains were extracted from recent sediments of streams on Banks Island and Bathurst Island. Analyses of the samples are given and their general relation to the vegetation is described. Problems of interpretation of the contemporary and Quaternary cold stage macroscopic assemblages include the variation of the representation of taxa, the significance of taphonomy, especially under fluvial conditions, and the origin of the assemblages in a mosaic of vegetation. The contribution of analyses of macroscopic remains to interpretations of vegetation and environment based on pollen analysis is emphasised. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0267-8179
1099-1417
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(200002)15:2<177::AID-JQS501>3.0.CO;2-6