Cryostratigraphy of the Klondike "muck" deposits, west-central Yukon Territory

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Kotler, E. (E.), Burn, C. (Christopher R.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Chance Creek; Dago Hill; Yukon; Ice; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/1610; https://doi.org/10.1139/e00-013

Four late Quaternary cryostratigraphic units are recognized in the unconsolidated valley-bottom deposits of the Klondike area, Yukon Territory. Three of the units, in ice-rich, loessal sediments of pre-Wisconsinan or Wisconsinan age, collectively compose the King Solomon Formation. They are overlain...