Late Quaternary glaciation in the Northern Ogilvie Mountains: revised correlations and implications for the stratigraphic record

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Beierle, Brandon D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Canada; Ogilvie; North Fork; Ogilvie Mountains; North Fork Pass; Chapman Lake; East Blackstone River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e02-062; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e02-062

New geomorphic, paleolimnological, and radiocarbon data suggest that a terminal moraine complex in the Northern Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada, may represent the McConnell Glaciation (Late Wisconsinan), rather than the Reid Glaciation (marine isotope Stage 8; Illinoian) as previously tho...