Spatial Variation in the Isotopic Composition of the Snowpack, Mackenzie Delta Area
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, snow, climatic history, isotopes
| Principal Investigator: | Burn, Chris R (36) |
| Licence Number: | 12075 |
| Organization: | Department of Geography, UBC |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | Officers and personnel of BATUS; Members of SINT based in Inuvik |
Objective(s): To determine the characteristic isotopic composition of snow at the end of winter to estimate regional variation in the isotope signal.
Project Description: The isotopic compostion of snow and ice is used to reconstruct past climates from records of ice-cores collected in Greenland and Antarctica. The ice cores are a few inches in diameter. Sampling in the Delta may reveal how regionally representative samples of snow are. This will enable the results of ice cores to be evaluated in a regional context.
