Terrain classification and sensitivity, Mills Lake, Trout lake, Fort Liard, Camsell Bend and, Fort Simpson map areas, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory

Four graptolite biozones are recorded from the Arenig portion of the Road River Group in the Richardson and Mackenzie mountains in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. In ascending order, these zones are Tetragraptus approximatus, Pendeograptus fruticosus, Didymograptus bifidus, and Parisograptus caduceus australis (new). The Castlemainian stage may be represented by nongraptolitic massive bedded chert. The Arenig–Llanvirn boundary is drawn below the first occurrence of Undulograptus austrodentatus. Fifty-four graptolite taxa are present, and 16 of these species and subspecies are recorded for the first time in this deep-water biotope, namely, Didymograptus? cf. adamantinus, D. asperus, D. dilatans, D. cf. kurcki, D. validus communis, Holmograptus aff. leptograptoides, H. sp. A, Isograptus? sp. nov. A, I. ? dilemma, Keblograptus geminus, Pseudisograptus manubriatus harrisi, Ps. m. koi, Ps. m. janus, Ps. cf. tau, Xiphograptus lofuensis, and Zygograptus cf. abnormis.

2005 reconnaissance field program in Peel Plateau and Peel Plain region, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory

10.4095/223682 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

L J Pyle ◽

A L Jones ◽

L P Gal ◽

J G Abbott ◽

A D McCracken ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Northwest Territories ◽

Yukon Territory ◽

Plain Region ◽

Peel Plateau

Herschel Island, Northwest Territories-Yukon Territory

10.4095/123172 ◽

1987 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Northwest Territories ◽

Yukon Territory

Surficial geology, Chinkeh Creek, Northwest Territories - Yukon Territory

10.4095/214284 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

I R Smith

Keyword(s):

Northwest Territories ◽

Yukon Territory ◽

Surficial Geology

Permafrost, tectonics, and past and future regional climate change, Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ◽

10.1139/e94-015 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 182-191 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

C. R. Burn

Keyword(s):

Northwest Territories ◽

General Circulation ◽

Regional Climate ◽

Gulf Of Alaska ◽

General Circulation Models ◽

Yukon Territory ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Tectonic Activity ◽

Near Surface ◽

Late Tertiary

Late Tertiary changes in the general circulation of the atmosphere, regionally enhanced by uplift of the Wrangell – Saint: Elias and Coast mountains, were sufficient to promote permafrost development in the western Arctic. Permafrost developed in Yukon Territory and adjacent Northwest Territories during early Pleistocene glacial periods, after continued tectonic activity led to further modification of regional climate, but degraded in the interglacials. Permafrost has been present in northern parts of the region since the Illinoian glaciation, but most ground ice in central Yukon formed in the Late Wisconsinan. The present interglacial is the only one with widespread evidence of permafrost, which is maintained in the valleys of central and southern Yukon by the Saint Elias Mountains blocking continental penetration of maritime air from the Gulf of Alaska. This reduces snow depth in winter, while cold-air drainage in the dissected terrain of the Yukon Plateaus enhances the near-surface inversion, leading to continental minimum temperatures. General circulation models used to simulate climate represent the physiography of northwest Canada crudely. As a result, the simulations are unable to reproduce conditions responsible for the development and preservation of permafrost in the region.

Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories (105o/16)

10.4095/116774 ◽

1968 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Northwest Territories ◽

Yukon Territory