Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes and the origin of the ice in peat plateaus

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Stuart A. Harris, Irena H. Schmidt, H. Roy Krouse
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Tuchitua; Yukon; Ice; Peat; permafrost; Whitehorse
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030104

δ18O and δD values (% SMOW) were measured on 159 samples from the active layer and permafrost on peat plateaus and from the adjacent fen at sites about 50 km north of Tuchitua along the Robert Campbell Highway in southeastern Yukon Territory. The regression lines for the samples from the active laye...