Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Mid-Pliocene Fossil Site in the High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut): Evidence of an Ancient Peatland with Beaver Activity

• Published in: Arctic Vol. 69; no. 2; p. 185
• Main Authors: Mitchell, William Travis, Rybczynski, Natalia, Schröder-Adams, Claudia, Hamilton, Paul B, Smith, Robin, Douglas, Marianne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Calgary Arctic Institute of North America 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Bacillariophyceae; Charcoal; Climate change; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental changes; Floodplains; Gravel; Neogene; Organic matter; Peat; Peatlands; Pliocene; Sand; Stratigraphy; Taiga & tundra; Wetlands; Canada; Nunavut Territory Canada; Arctic region; PN, Arctic; ANW, Canada, Nunavut, Ellesmere I; Canada, Nunavut

Neogene terrestrial deposits of sand and gravel with preserved wood and peat accumulations occur in many areas of the High Arctic. The Pliocene-aged Beaver Pond fossil site (Ellesmere Island, NU) is one such site that differs from other sites in the great thickness of its peat layer and the presence...