Axel Heiberg Adası

Axel Heiberg Adası Kanada, Nunavut, Qikiqtaaluk Bölgesi'nde bulunan bir adadır. Arktik Okyanusu'nda yer alır ve Kanada'nın 7. en büyük, dünyanın ise 31. en büyük adasıdır. Alanı 43.178 km2 (16.671 sq mi) dir.[1]

Axel Heilberg Adası

Kanada Arktik Adaları'nın en büyüklerinden biri olan ada, Eocene döneminden kalma fosil ormanları ile bilinir.[2]

Kaynakça
  1. "Area of major sea islands, by region". 12 Ağustos 2004 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 4 Şubat 2014.
  2. Williams C.J., Johnson A.H., LePage, B.A., Vann D.R. and T. Sweda. 2003. "Reconstruction of Tertiary Metasequoia Forests II". Structure, Biomass and Productivity of Eocene Floodplain Forests in the Canadian Arctic. Paleobiology, 29(2): 271-292.

Ek okumalar
  • Jackson, M P A, and J C Harrison. 2006. "An Allochthonous Salt Canopy on Axel Heiberg Island, Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada". Geology. 34, no. 12: 1045.
  • LePage, B. A. 2001. "New Species of Picea A. Dietrich (Pinaceae) from the Middle Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 135: 137-167.
  • Liptzin, Daniel. 2006. "A Banded Vegetation Pattern in a High Arctic Community on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 38, no. 2: 216.
  • Vandermark, D., J. A. Tarduno, and D. B. Brinkman. 2006. "Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Teeth from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada". Arctic. 59, no. 1: 79-82.
  • Chih-Ying Lay, Nadia C. S. Mykytczuk, Étienne Yergeau, Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon, Charles W. Greer, & Lyle G. Whyte, "Defining the Functional Potential and Active Community Members of a Sediment Microbial Community in a High-Arctic Hypersaline Subzero Spring," Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Volume 79 Number 12 (June 2013), p. 3637–3648. http://aem.asm.org/content/79/12/3637

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