Weathering of Quartzite on a Cryoplanation Terrace in Northern Yukon, Canada

• Main Authors: Bernard M. Lauriol, André E. Lalonde, Véronique Dewez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Verte; Dater; Arctique*; Old Crow
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199732)8:23.0.CO;2-R

Sub‐horizontal cryoplanation terraces are ideal laboratories to study the weathering of rock in Arctic environments. The terraces are developed in mechanically isotropic rock, are generally not greatly perturbed by gravity processes, and show blocks that have been exposed to the weathering elements...