ARCUS | Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

7th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence


Submitted by   Grant Zazula
Authors   Grant D. Zazula, A. Duk-Rodkin, and C. E. Schweger
Category   Physical Science
Title   Late Pleistocene Chronology of Glacial Lake Old Crow and the Northwest Margin of Laurentide Ice
Affiliation   Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Abstract

This paper reports new stratigraphic and geochronological data from the Bluefish Exposure, northern Yukon. These data are used to reconstruct the chronology of the late Wisconsinan glacial Lake Old Crow transgression resulting from advancement of the Laurentide ice sheet along the northwest margin. This synythesis sheds light on the devlopment of drainage systems in northwest North America.