scholarly journals The seismic shothole drillers' log database and GIS for Northwest Territories and northern Yukon: an archive of near-surface lithostratigraphic surficial and bedrock geology data

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
I R Smith
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Bedrock Geology

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

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-191 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Bedrock geology, Sekwi Mountain (105P), Northwest Territories

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
C F Roots ◽  
E Martel ◽  
R B MacNaughton ◽  
S P Gordey
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Bedrock Geology
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