| Title | Faunal and archaeological remains as evidence of climate change in freezing caverns, Yukon Territory, Canada |
| Author | Lauriol, B; Prévost, C; Deschamps, É; Cinq-Mars, J; Labrecque, S |
| Source | Arctic vol. 54, no. 2, 2001 p. 135-141, https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic772 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Alt Series | Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 2000064 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Yukon |
| NTS | 117A; 117B; 117C; 117D |
| Lat/Long WENS | -144.0000 -136.0000 70.0000 68.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; paleontology; surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; karst topography; glaciers; biota; vegetation; faunas; paleoecology; climate effects; climate, arctic;
climate; radiocarbon dating; Wisconsinian glacial stage; limestones; Holocene; ice; caves; Ogilvie Mountains; climate change; animals |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; geological sketch maps; graphs; tables |
| Program | NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada |
| Program | University of Ottawa, Northern Research Funds |
| Released | 2001 01 01 |
| Abstract | Animal and plant remains, some associated with prehistoric artefacts, were collected in freezing caverns (glacières) of northern Yukon Territory. Radiocarbon dates show that the oldest remains are
Middle Wisconsinan (ca. 38 000 BP). The absence of material of Late Wisconsinan age likely indicates that the caves were infilled by ice during this cold period. Climate warming and ice melting during the Holocene allowed animals and prehistoric
hunters to regularly visit these caves. Ice plugs were evidently smaller during the early Holocene than they are now. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 211499 |
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