This involves the collection of lake sediment cores and the analysis of pollen or paleolimnological fossils from these sequences. Examples of this work are found in the references elsewhere on the web. Paleoenvironmental analyses in the Kluane Lake region of the southwest Yukon. This region, just to the east of the Icefield Ranges and the Kluane National Park offers great potential for studies of environmental history using a combination of paleoecological, dendroecological and paleolimnological approaches. We are working in many areas from the boreal forest to above treeline.
Financial support is available for qualified students.
The LPC provides a unique environment for graduate work in paleoenvironmental analysis. Look over this web to see the varied and top-notch work that our students are doing. We have students doing field work in the Canadian subarctic and arctic, and there is the possibility to study environmental change using many different approaches. Other students are leaders in the application of GIS and statistical analysis to environmental data. Through our involvement in the CSHD Research networks, you would be in contact with the top Canadian climate researchers and students.