Regions: Sahtu Settlement Area, Dehcho Region
Tags: physical sciences, arctic lakes, sedimentology, historic landscape, paleovegetation
| Principal Investigator: | Smith, Derald (6) |
| Licence Number: | 8086 |
| Organization: | University of Calgary |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1988
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1988 |
| Project Team: | O. Sawicki; L. Miller |
Objective(s): To determine the extent and elevation of the lake based on sedimentology of river deltas and lake bed sediments; to determine age of lake by collecting buried organic samples; to identify and determine cause of the lower end of the lake; to map extent of the deltas at the mouths of the river tributaries to the glacial lake; and to collect samples of buried vegetative material to determine what plants once grew along the western glacial lake shores
Project Description: Dr. Smith and his two students are trying to find out the extent of a glacial lake that once stretched from the Redstone River to Fort Good Hope. They are collecting samples of ancient, buried plant material from river cutbanks to see how old these deposits are and to determine what kinds of plants once grew along the western shores of the lake long ago.
