| Title | Geolimnology of the Great Plains of western Canada |
| Download | Download (whole publication) |
| Author | Last, W |
| Source | Holocene climate and environmental change in the Palliser Triangle: a geoscientific context for evaluation the impacts of climate change on the southern Canadian prairies; by Lemmen, D S (ed.); Vance, R E
(ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 534, 1999 p. 23-55, https://doi.org/10.4095/211107 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Lemmen, D S; Vance, R E;
(1999). Holocene climate and environmental change in the Palliser Triangle: a geoscientific context for evaluation the impacts of climate change on the southern Canadian prairies, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin no. 534 |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Manitoba; Alberta; Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 62; 63B; 63C; 63D; 63E; 63F; 72; 73A; 73B; 73C; 73D; 73E; 73F; 73G; 73H; 82; 83A; 83B; 83G; 83H |
| Area | Palliser Triangle; Cypress Hills; Regina |
| Lat/Long WENS | -114.0000 -96.0000 54.0000 49.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; sedimentology; geochemistry; hydrogeology; Nature and Environment; Holocene; climate; climate effects; climatic fluctuations; environmental impacts; environmental studies;
lacustrine environments; lacustrine deposits; salinity; limnology; lake water geochemistry; precipitates; facies; sedimentary facies; evaporites; stable isotope studies; basins; diagenesis; geolimnology; climate change; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | photographs; sketch maps; aerial photographs; photomicrographs |
| Program | Palliser Triangle Global Change Project |
| Released | 2000 01 01 |
| Abstract | Despite a long history, lacustrine research on the western Canadian Great Plains has only recently focused on understanding the complex, interactive physical, chemical, and biological processes that
characterize modern lakes. These lakes exhibit tremendous diversity in terms of hydrology, morphology, chemical composition, and sedimentary processes. Although many basins exhibit playa characteristics, the region also contains several of North
America's largest lakes. Salinity and ionic composition show great diversity, with virtually every type of water chemistry represented. Associated with this large range in brine chemistry is an equally diverse assemblage of endogenic and authigenic
minerals. Although investigation of the Holocene stratigraphic records in these basins is in its infancy, some approaches, such as deciphering paleochemistry and paleohydrology from the endogenic mineral record and isotopic composition, have proven
to be successful. Challenges for both fundamental and applied researchers are to integrate, on a regional basis, the sedimentological and geochemical complexities exhibited by modern lakes with the preserved stratigraphic records. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 211107 |
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