Heavy minerals and grain size distribution inYukon Coast and Herschel Island sediments

• Main Author: Hohberg, Stefanie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Yukon; Mackenzie River; Kay; Inuvik; Herschel Island; Roland; Mackay; Komakuk Beach; British Mountains; Inuvik Region; Roland Bay; Herschel; Ice; Ice Sheet; Mackenzie river; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.883546; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.883546

Herschel Island and the Yukon Coastal Plain are an important research area as they geographically lie at the northwestern limit of the Laurentide glaciation (Mackay,1959). Quaternary geological maps show that sedimentary deposits are found in the study area around Komakuk Beach, Herschel Island, Rol...