Quaternary geology in the Southern Ogilivie Ranges : Yukon Territory and an investigation of morphological, periglacial, pedological and botanical criteria for possible use in the chronology of morainal sequences.

• Main Author: Ricker, Karl Edwin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1968
• Subjects: Moraines; Glaciers > Yukon Territory > Ogilvie Range; Geology; Stratigraphic > Quaternary; Ogilvie; Ogilvie Mountains; Yukon; Ice; Ice cap; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36000

Five periods of ice advance in the North Klondike-upper Blackstone basins of the Ogilvie Mountains are recognized by the downvalley sequence of progressively older moraines. The youngest occurred during the last millennium and is represented by glacierets and fresh moraines. The other advances are o...