Chappice Lake

Location:	Alberta, Canada	Latitude (N):	50.17°	Longitude (W):	110.37°
Site notes:	Northeast of Medicine Hat, in southeast Alberta

Birks, S. J., and V. H. Remenda 1999

Hydrogeological Investigation of Chappice Lake, Southeastern Alberta: Groundwater Inputs to a Saline Basin. Journal of Paleolimnology 21:235-255.
AEU SCI QE 39.5 P3 J86 Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

Birks, S. J., and V. H. Remenda 1999b

Groundwater Inputs to a Closed-Basin Saline Lake, Chappice Lake, Alberta. In Holocene Climate and Environmental Change in the Palliser Triangle: A Geoscientific Context for Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change in the Southern Canadian Prairies, edited by D. S. Lemmen and R. E. Vance, pp. 81-93. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 534. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
AEU SCI QE 185 A43 No. 534 Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

Last, W. M., and R. E. Vance 1997

Bedding Characteristics of Holocene Sediments from Salt Lakes of the Northern Great Plains, Western Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 17:297-318.
AEU SCI QE 39.5 P3 J86 Sites discussed: Chappice Lake, Waldsea Lake, Deadmoose Lake, Little Manitou Lake, Freefight Lake, Lake Manitoba.

Lemmen, D. S., R. E. Vance, S. A. Wolfe, and W. M. Last 1997

Impacts of Future Climate Change on the Southern Canadian Prairies: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. Geoscience Canada 24(3):121-133.
Sites discussed: Chappice Lake, Elkwater Lake, Harris Lake, Antelope Lake, Clearwater Lake, Oro Lake, Kenosee Lake, Max Lake, Killarney Lake. Brief review of the work carried out at the nine lake sites that were the focus of the Palliser Triangle project.

Strong, W. L. 1977

Pre- and Post-Settlement Palynology of Southern Alberta. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 23:373-387.
AEU SCI QE 901 R45 Sites discussed: Twelve Mile Coulee, Chappice Lake, Lloyd's Lake, Eagle Lake, Little Fish Lake, Keiver Lake, Gooseberry Lake, Red Deer Lake, Bellshill Lake. Looked at cores from nine lakes in southern Alberta. Pre- and post- settlement levels distinguished on basis on palynology, including increases in pollen from weedy taxa and from introduced plants (such as Taraxacum officinale, dandelion).

Strong, W. L. 1991

Postsettlement Changes in Limnic Sediments from Southern Alberta, Canada. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 36:111-117.
AEU SCI S 601 A282 Sites discussed: Twelve Mile Coulee, Chappice Lake, Lloyd's Lake, Eagle Lake, Little Fish Lake, Keiver Lake, Gooseberry Lake, Red Deer Lake, Bellshill Lake. Looked at cores from nine lakes in southern Alberta. Pre- and post- settlement levels identified on basis on palynology. Examined characteristics of sediments (particle size, clastic content, carbonate content, organic content). Higher organic content in post-settlement sediments. Higher proportion of silt in post- settlement sediments, which Strong considers reflects increased amount of aeolian input (agriculture and clearance). Patterns were not identical across the area, showing influence of local effects, such as land use, around lakes.

Vance, R. E. 1991

A Paleobotanical Study of Holocene Drought Frequency in Southern Alberta. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada xiv + 180 pages.
Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

Vance, R. E., A. B. Beaudoin, and B. H. Luckman 1995

The Paleoecological Record of 6 ka BP Climate in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Géographie physique et Quaternaire 49:81-98. Special Volume: Paleogeography and Paleoecology of 6000 yr BP in Canada, edited by H. Jetté, vol. 49.
Sites discussed: Metiskow Lake, Toboggan Lake, Riding Mountain, Lofty Lake.

Vance, R. E., J. J. Clague, and R. W. Mathewes 1993

Holocene Paleohydrology of a Hypersaline Lake in Southeastern Alberta. Journal of Paleolimnology 8:103-120.
AEU SCI QE 39.5 P3 J86 Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

Vance, R. E., and W. M. Last 1994

Paleolimnology and Global Change on the Canadian Prairies. Current Research 1994-B:49-58. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sites discussed: Killarney Lake, Harris Lake, Kenosee Lake, Chappice Lake, Antelope Lake, Clearwater Lake, Little Fish Lake, Elkwater Lake, Max Lake.

Vance, R. E., and D. S. Lemmen 1992

High Resolution Holocene Paleoclimatic Records from the Northern Great Plains: Application to Global Change Studies. In American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Program and Abstracts of the Twelfth Biennial Meeting. p. 60. August 24-26, 1992, University of California, Davis.
Site discussed: Chappice Lake. Used as an example of the potential of high-resolution studies. Notes that better dating control (more AMS dates) may allow decadal-scale resolution to be achieved. (16/12/2007).

Vance, R. E., and R. W. Mathewes 1994

Deposition of modern pollen and plant macroremains in a hypersaline prairie lake basin. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:539-548.
AEU SCI QK 1 C21 Site discussed: Chappice Lake. Modern comparative data obtained from transects across the lake shoreline.

Vance, R. E., R. W. Mathewes, and J. J. Clague 1992

7000 Year Record of Lake-Level Change on the Northern Great Plains: A High-Resolution Proxy of Past Climate. Geology 20:879-882.
AEU SCI QE 1 G3455 Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

Vance R. E., and S. A. Wolfe 1996

Geological Indicators of Water Resources in Semi-arid Environments: Southwestern Interior of Canada. In Geoindicators: Assessing Rapid Environmental Changes in Earth Systems, edited by A. R. Berger and W. J. Iams, pp. 251- 263. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Site discussed: Chappice Lake.

This presentation has been compiled and is ©1998 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)