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Station: Caribou_Creek_2

Station ID: Caribou_Creek_2 [1] [2] [3]
Volcano:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date visited:
NAD83 latitude: 62.87083333333
NAD83 longitude: -137.041666666666
Default location: No
Location description: Gravel pit exposure approximately 1 km west (along the road) from Caribou Creek 1 station. Located on the highest glaciofluvial terrace in the area, approximately 200 m above the Pelly River and ~80 m higher than Caribou Creek 1 station, it comprises three stratigraphic units. Upper surface of the section gently slopes south < 5 degrees. Datum not specified, assumed to be NAD83.
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References Cited

[1] Old Crow tephra across eastern Beringia: a single cataclysmic eruption at the close of Marine Isotope Stage 6, 2011

Preece, S.J., Pearce, N.J.G., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Jensen, B.J.L., and Perkins, W.T., 2011, Old Crow tephra across eastern Beringia: a single cataclysmic eruption at the close of Marine Isotope Stage 6: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 2069-2099, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.020 .

[2] A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory, 2011

Preece, S.J., Westgate, J.A., Froese, D.G., Pearce, N.J.G., and Perkins, W.T., 2011, A catalogue of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike Goldfields and adjacent areas, Yukon Territory: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 48, p. 1386-1418, doi: 10.1139/e10-110

[3] Old Crow tephra (140 ± 10 ka) constrains penultimate Reid glaciation in central Yukon Territory, 2008

Ward, B.C., Bond, J.D., Froese, D., and Jensen, Britta, 2008, Old Crow tephra (140+/-10 ka) constrains penultimate Reid glaciation in central Yukon Territory: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 27, p. 1909-1915.