Terrain Evaluation of the Dempster Highway across the Eagle Plain and along the Richardson Mountains, Yukon Territory

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Richardson, Neil W., Sauer, E. Karl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Arctic; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Richardson Mountains
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t75-035; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t75-035

A detailed terrain classification was carried out as part of a study on the Dempster Highway from Mile 166 to Mile 290.5, the Yukon–Northwest Territories Border. The objective was to establish a rational basis for field testing and subsurface exploration programs in the future and the evaluation of...