Pleistocene volcanic damming of Yukon River and the maximum age of the Reid Glaciation, west-central Yukon

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Huscroft, Crystal A, Ward, Brent C, Barendregt, René W, Jackson Jr., Lionel E, Opdyke, Neil D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Fort Selkirk; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e03-098; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e03-098

Stratigraphic, paleomagnetic, and radioisotope investigations of the Selkirk Volcanic Group have identified a new eruptive period and constrained the age of the Reid Glaciation, the most extensive middle Pleistocene cordilleran advance recognized in central Yukon. Downstream from Fort Selkirk, a com...