Wandering gravel-bed rivers and high-constructive stable channel sandy fluvial systems in the Ross River area, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: Geoscience Frontiers
• Main Authors: Darrel G.F. Long, Grant W. Lowey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Anastomosing rivers; Wandering gravel-bed rivers; Fluvial architecture; Cretaceous; Yukon; Geology; QE1-996.5; Canada; Tintina Trench; Ross River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2011.05.018; https://doaj.org/article/0498f87f70a24e68945351cbe20687a6

Mid-Cretaceous strata within the Tintina Trench, 3 km west of the community of Ross River, contain evidence of deposition in two distinct, alternating, fluvial settings. Coal-bearing, mud-dominated strata are commonly associated with high-constructive sandy channel systems, with extensive overbank,...