Distribution, composition, and source of the White River Ash, Yukon Territory

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lerbekmo, J. F., Campbell, F. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Klutlan Glacier; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-011; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-011

The White River Ash is a bi-lobate 1500 year old deposit occupying at least 6 cubic miles and covering some 125 000 square miles of southern Yukon and eastern Alaska. Sixty-six samples were collected at 5-mile intervals, principally along two traverses 120 miles apart across the main lobe, and subje...