A unique stratigraphic record of late Tertiary–Quaternary events in southeastern Yukon
A succession of fluvial sediments with minor coal, basaltic lava, five tills, and fossiliferous intertill sediments exposed along the Liard River where it crosses the Liard Plain provides a remarkably continuous record of geologic–climatic events in this region. The coal bearing sediments and lava w...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1978
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e78-199 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e78-199 |
| Summary: | A succession of fluvial sediments with minor coal, basaltic lava, five tills, and fossiliferous intertill sediments exposed along the Liard River where it crosses the Liard Plain provides a remarkably continuous record of geologic–climatic events in this region. The coal bearing sediments and lava were previously described and interpreted as Tertiary–Quaternary in age. The Quaternary sediments record four major intervals of glaciation and three nonglacial intervals not previously recognized in this region. |
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