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Record #205994:
Scientists on Banks Island to research Arctic's warm past / Lisa Gregoire.
Title: | Scientists on Banks Island to research Arctic's warm past / Lisa Gregoire. |
Author(s): | Gregoire, Lisa. |
Date: | 2013. |
In: | Nunatsiaq News. (2013.), Vol. 44(15) (2013) |
Abstract: | Reports preliminary results of geological investigations of Pliocene sediment layers within Beaufort Formation, Banks Island, Nunavut. Notable discoveries have been made, including seeds, coniferous needles and cones, insects and animal bones. Global temperature is believed to have been approx. 2°C warmer during Pliocene, but Arctic temperatures at same period were 14-22°C warmer. |
Notes: | Nunatsiaq News. Vol. 44(15) :10-11 (2013). |
Keywords: | 551.1/.4 -- Geology. 551.583.7 -- Palaeoclimatology. 551.782.2 -- Pliocene. 56 -- Palaeontology. 574 -- Ecology. B -- Geology and soil sciences. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*469.6) -- Banks Island. |
SPRI record no.: | 205994 |
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