Re-Evaluating the Relevance of Vegetation Trimlines in the Canadian Arctic as an Indicator of Little Ice Age Paleoenvironments

• Published in: Arctic Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 341 - 353
• Main Authors: Wolken, Gabriel J., England, John H., Dyke, Arthur S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Calgary The Arctic Institute of North America 01.12.2005; Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary; Arctic Institute of North America
• Subjects: Distribution; Environmental aspects; Geological surveys; Geology; Glacial epoch; Glacial landforms; Glaciers; Ice; Ice caps; Lichens; Paleoclimatology; Snow; Vegetation; Canada; PN, Arctic; CANADA, NUNAVUT, QUEEN ELIZABETH IS

The origin of trimlines associated with the so-called "lichen-free" areas in the Canadian Arctic has been attributed both to perennial snowfield expansion during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and to seasonally persistent snow cover in more recent times. Because of the disparate hypotheses (ecol...