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- Title
Les environnements naturels de la région de Québec durant l'Holocène.
- Authors
Filion, Louise; Lavoie, Martin; Querrec, Lydia
- Abstract
In the St. Lawrence River valley, the 10,000-year period following the Wisconsinian glaciation was marked by major geographic and climatic changes which influenced the development of plant communities. The Holocene environments in the Québec City region were reconstructed on the basis of palaeogeographic and palaeoecological data. Fluctuations in relative sea level (RSL), particularly in recent millennia, were of particular interest in light of Québec's situation as a marine gateway on the St. Lawrence. Changes in plant cover since Euro-American settlement some 400 years ago are principally due to forest clearing for agriculture and, more recently, to urban development.
- Subjects
SAINT Lawrence River Valley; QUEBEC (Quebec); QUEBEC (Province); CLIMATIC factors of phytogeography; HOLOCENE paleoclimatology; CLIMATE change; PLANT development; HISTORY; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Archéologiques, 2009, Issue 22, p12
- ISSN
1190-9110
- Publication type
Article