File consists of Kluane Lake photographs from 2003 in digital format.
This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:
Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #1-3 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #15-14)
Grizzly bear
Date: August 12, 2003
(beside Cultus Bay Rd.; location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #6-7
Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Silver City ghost town (location not recorded)
Date: August 12, 2003
Print roll 5, #23-24
Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:
Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:
Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Print roll 4, #11-17 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #29-26)
Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Print roll 4, #18-20 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #25-23)
Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Print roll 4, #21 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #22)
S-facing opening above main trail
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 53.1” N, 138° 34’ 9.0” W, 822.9 m asl (± 15.0 m)
Site Description:
Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Print roll 4, #26-33 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #21-18)
Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Print roll 4, #34-35 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #17-16)
Downvalley view toward Slims R delta, near Sheep Creek (?)
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 4, #36-E
This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:
Slims River delta
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 00’ 16.5” N, 138° 30’ 45.6” W, 790 m asl (± 11.0 m)
Print roll 3, #5A-6A: delta surface with salt efflorescences (Deschampsia caespitosa, Puchinella nuttalli, Aster siberica, Triglauca palustre); Juncus & Ranunculus on more active surface near river.
Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Print roll 3, #17A-19A: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2 #14-13)
Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Slide roll contains the following photographs:
Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-12 (island off Slims River delta)
Date: August 13, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 9.1” N, 138° 29’ 27.9” W, 819 m asl (± 6.0 m)
Site Description: good grassland development on undulating aeolian veneer over bedrock, SW aspect; vegetation: A. frigida, C. purpurescens, P. glauca, Erigeron, Plantago, Oxytropis; good crust cover, mossy on more northerly aspects
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Slide roll contains the following photographs:
Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:
Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Slide roll 3 #29-26 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #11-17)
Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Slide roll 3, #25-23 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #18-20)
Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Slides roll 3, #22 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #21)
Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #21-18 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #26-33)
Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Slides roll 3, #17-16 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #34-35)
Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #15-14: salt efflorescences (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #1-3)
Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Slide roll contains the following photographs:
Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Slides #14-13: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #17A-19A)
Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:
File consists of the following data sets:
This PDF contains site location data, annotated soil profile photographs, and AMS radiocarbon dates for 2008 soil charcoal samples collected at Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory.
This PDF contains site location data, annotated soil profile photographs, and AMS radiocarbon dates for 2004 soil charcoal samples collected at Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory.