Oxygen-18 Isotope Abundance in Kaskawulsh Glacier Ice and Snow

Yukon's Kaskawulsh Glacier provides ice and snow samples analyzed for variations in Oxygen-18 isotope abundance. The dataset originates from a thesis held by the Government of Yukon and is available via the open_canada platform. Specific row and column counts are not provided in the metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial or temporal trends in Oxygen-18 isotope abundance across the glacier's ice and snow samples.
• Correlate isotopic O18 measurements with climatic or glaciological conditions at the Kaskawulsh Glacier.
• Use the O18 abundance data as a paleoclimate proxy for regional environmental reconstruction.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a specific, named glacier (Kaskawulsh Glacier) providing geographic focus.
• The dataset is associated with a formal academic thesis, suggesting a research-grade origin.
• Managed and published by the Government of Yukon, an authoritative regional organization.

Limitations

• The dataset description lacks concrete quantitative details such as sample count, temporal range, or measurement intervals.
• Available only in HTML format, which may complicate direct programmatic analysis and require data extraction.
• The raw description is minimal, offering no insight into data structure, collection methodology, or column definitions.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, Canada