Extending the Late Holocene White River Ash Distribution, Northwestern Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Robinson, Stephen D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: chronostratigraphy; Mackenzie Valley; peatlands; White River ash; chronostratigraphie; vallée du Mackenzie; tourbières; cendre de la rivière White; Canada; Grand lac des Esclaves; Great Slave Lake; Arctic; Grand Lac des Esclaves; Alaska; Esclave*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63832

Peatlands are a particularly good medium for trapping and preserving tephra, as their surfaces are wet and well vegetated. The extent of tephra-depositing events can often be greatly expanded through the observation of ash in peatlands. This paper uses the presence of the White River tephra layer (1...