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

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-180

  Saulnier Talbot, Émilie ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATIC INVESTIGATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNGAVA PENINSULA;

EID: 34249737909     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-089     Document Type: Article

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