Pleistocene stratigraphy, paleopedology, and paleoecology of a multiple till sequence exposed on the Little Bear River, Western District of Mackenzie, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Hughes, O. L., Tarnocai, C., Schweger, C. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Canada; Little Bear River; Diversion Creek; glacier*; Ice Sheet; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-071; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-071

The Little Bear River section lies in a transition zone between Mackenzie Lowland and Canyon Ranges of Mackenzie Mountains. Within the transition zone, the maximum extent of the Laurentide ice sheet overlaps the former extent of montane glaciers that emanated from the higher parts of Canyon Ranges o...