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Paleosols and the Forest Border in Keewatin, N.W.T.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Curtis J. Sorenson ,
James C. Knox ,
James A. Larsen  and
Reid A. Bryson
Reid A. Bryson
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Abstract

The morphology of paleosols and radiocarbon-dated charcoal from buried surface horizons of soils provide evidence to suggest that between periods of northward forest encroachment tundra climate has dominated areas at least 50 km south of the present forest/tundra border in southwest Keewatin. The present forest/tundra border climate is nearly as severe as any climate that has prevailed in the area since deglaciation.

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Original Articles
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1971 , pp. 468 - 473
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University of Washington

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