Late Cenozoic geology, Ancient Pacific Margin Natmap Project, report 4: paleomagnetic and geomorphic evidence for Brunhes-age volcanism, Fort Selkirk and Rosebud Creek area, Yukon Territory

• Main Authors: Huscroft, Crystal A., Barendregt, René W., Jackson, Lionel E.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Canada 2001
• Subjects: Ancient Pacific Margin Natmap Project; Brunhes-age volcanism; Fort Selkirk area; Rosebud Creek area; Late Cenozoic geology; Rosebud basalt flows; Pleistocene; Yukon River; Stewart River; Volcanism > Yukon; Paleomagnetism > Yukon; Fort Selkirk; Grand Valley Creek; Pacific; Rosebud Creek; Valley Creek; Yukon; Yukon river
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/6175

Open access Normally magnetized, valley-filling basalt flows extend more than 10 km down the Yukon River valley from the Fort Selkirk area. These flows are locally overlain by gravel and terminate at the level of the contemporary Yukon River flood plain, suggesting a middle to late Pleistocene age f...