Recent climate and stable isotopes in modern surface waters of northernmost Ungava Penninsula, Canada

Saulnier-Talbot, E.; Leng, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Pienitz, R.. 2007 Recent climate and stable isotopes in modern surface waters of northernmost Ungava Penninsula, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44 (2). 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1139/E06-089

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Abstract/Summary

The isotope composition (δ18O and δD) of surface waters was measured over a 26-month period near three localities situated along the northern coast of Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. To characterize the present-day local hydrological settings, the oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios were measured from precipitation and were compared to local and regional climate data. We show that the modern surface waters contain information on climate and that this relationship is likely to be transferred to biotic components within the lakes. These components, once sedimented, are therefore likely to form an archive of climate change. The new data presented here show the possibility of isotope paleoclimatic investigation based on lake sediments in the northern coastal region of Ungava Peninsula.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1139/E06-089
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory
ISSN:	0008-4077
Additional Keywords:	Lake sediments, Isotopes, Canada
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Related URLs:	http://geolib.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/w24.sh?o...
Date made live:	22 Oct 2008 15:38 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3512

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