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Kluane Lake 2003 photographs - slide roll 3
2023.2.2.8.08 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

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:

  • Y03-06-01 - Crust
  • Y03-06-02 - 0-6 cm - Ahk (10YR 3/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-03 - 6-14 cm - Bmk (2.5Y 3/3 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-04 - 14 cm+ - IICk (strongly effervescent)
    Slide roll 3 #36-35 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #1-2)

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:

  • recent (?) landslide with loess accumulation in pockets, thinner on boulder surfaces, dominated by dark cyanobacteria crusts
  • limited loess accumulation due to exposure of site
  • crust is calcareous at surface
    Sample Depths & Descriptions:
  • Y03-07-01 - Crust
  • Y03-07-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck
  • Y03-07-03 - 6-9 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-07-03 - 9 cm+ - Rock
    Slide roll 3 #34-30 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #3-10)

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:

  • Y03-08-01 - 45-48 cm - Ahkb (7.5YR 3/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-02 - 48-56 cm - Bmkb (7.5YR 4/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-03 - 56-70 cm - Ccab (2.5Y 5/2 d; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 70 cm+ - IICca (glaciofluvial; strongly effervescent)
  • Intact sample: 56-36 cm - depth (including Slims Soil)
    Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18)

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:

  • Y03-09-01 - Nostoc crust
  • Y03-09-02 - Tortula ruralis – Cetraria crust
  • Y03-09-03 - 0-14 cm - ACk (10YR 3\2 d)
  • Y03-09-04 - 14-16 cm - Ahkb1 (10YR 2/2 d)
  • Y03-09-05 - 16-18 cm - Ck1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-06 - 18-20 cm - Ahkb2 (10YR 3/2 d; discontinuous)
  • Y03-09-07 - 20-27 cm - Bmkb1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-08 - 27-33 cm - Bmkb2 (7.5YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-09 - 33-46 cm - Bmkb3 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-10 - 46-55 cm - Ck2 (2.5Y 5/3 d)
  • (not sampled) - 55-60 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels)
    Slide roll 3, #10-6 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #11-15)

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:

  • Y03-10-01 - Crust
  • Y03-10-02 - 0-18 cm - ACk (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-03 - 18-25 cm - Ahkb(?) (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-04 - 25-40 cm - Ck (2.5Y 5/2.5 m; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 40 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels; strongly effervescent)
    Slide roll 3, #3-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #19-22)
Kluane Lake 2003 photographs - slide roll 2
2023.2.2.8.07 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

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:

  • Y03-03-01 - Crust
  • Y03-03-02 - 0-9 cm - Ahk (10YR 4/2 m; weak-moderate, fine granular)
  • Y03-03-03 - 9-53 cm+ - Ck (2.5Y 6/3 m; massive)
    Slides #12-10 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #20A-22A)

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:

  • Y03-04-01 - Crust
  • Y03-04-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck (strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-04-03 - 6-16 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-04-04 -16-75 cm+ - Ck (strongly effervescent; includes Bmk pockets)
    Slides #9-7 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #25A-28A)

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:

  • Y03-05-01 - Crust
  • Y03-05-02 - 0-5 cm - Ahk
  • Y03-05-03 - 5-19 cm - Ck1
  • Y03-05-04 - 19-31 cm - Ahkb (siltier)
  • Y03-05-05 - 31-50 cm+ - Ck2
    Slides #6-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #34A-#E)
Kluane Lake soils research data
Kluane Lake soils research data
2023.2.2.8.06 · File · 2003-2014
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

File consists of the following data sets:

  • Kluane crust Min N (2003) S671FINL.xls [mineralizable nitrogen for biological soil crusts & upper mineral soil, 2003 samples]
  • Kluane Crust samples (2004) moisture contents.xls [moisture content of air-dry 2004 crust samples from Peninsula & Silver City sites; sampling procedures & locations in Marsh et al. (20060]
  • Kluane Soil Crusts (2004) chemical analyses.xls [consolidated file of chemical data for 2004 crust samples from Peninsula & Silver City sites]
  • Kluane 2003 soil & crust 15N data.xls [15N natural abundance, total N, organic & inorganic C for 2003 crust & upper mineral soil samples]
  • Kluane 2003 soil data.xlsx [consolidated file of chemical data for 2003 crust and mineral horizon soil samples]
  • Kluane Crust 2004 total C & N data.xls
  • Kluane AMS dates (2003-2008 charcoal samples).xls [radiocarbon dates from the University of Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Lab]
  • Kluane soil transect - texture data.xls [2009 soil particle size analysis data, with potential lithological breaks highlighted]
  • Kluane surveys 2009.xls [topographic surveys for 3 soil transects cutting across eskers along Cultus Bay Rd., SE shore of Kluane L.]
  • S1061_1069_Final_Rev1.xls [lab data report from Ministry of Forests Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for 2009 transect samples: total C, inorganic C, & total N]
  • 100812003 (annotated) -corrected.xls [2009 transect samples: particle size analysis data report from CANTEST]
  • Kluane soil transect - master data file.xls
Site notes: Kluane soil transects
Site notes: Kluane soil transects
2023.2.2.8.02 · Item · July 2009
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This PDF contains 2009 Kluane site notes that include details of transect locations and sampling sites. Grassland pedons selected for Pautler et al. (2014) are indicated.
Soils research at Kluane Lake, Yukon
Soils research at Kluane Lake, Yukon
2023.2.2.8 · Subseries · 2003-2014
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

The Kluane Lake area of SW Yukon was a continuing focus of Dr. Paul Sanborn's research for more than a decade, and generated several productive collaborations. Key themes included biological soil crusts in boreal grasslands, and interactions between aeolian sediment deposition, slope processes, and fire in boreal grassland and forest soils.

Research results appeared in these publications:
Marsh, J., Nouvet, S., Sanborn, P., and Coxson, D. 2006. Composition and function of biological soil crust communities along topographic gradients in grasslands of central interior British Columbia (Chilcotin) and southwestern Yukon (Kluane). Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 717-736. https://doi.org/10.1139/b06-026

Pautler, B.G., Reichart, G.-J., Sanborn, P.T., Simpson, M.J., and Weijers, J.W.H. 2014. Comparison of soil derived tetraether membrane lipid distributions and plant-wax δD compositions for reconstruction of Canadian Arctic temperatures. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 404: 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.038

Sanborn, P. and A.J.T. Jull. 2010. Loess, bioturbation, fire, and pedogenesis in a boreal forest – grassland mosaic, Yukon Territory, Canada. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World 1 – 6 August 2010, Brisbane, Australia. http://www.iuss.org/19th%20WCSS/Symposium/pdf/0120.pdf

The 2003 field work with Darwyn Coxson was a pilot study to assess the types and distribution of biological soil crusts in boreal grasslands in the Kluane Lake area. Eight sites were visited at which the team sampled the crust and the uppermost A horizon immediately underneath it. Note that site numbers Y03-03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -09, -10 and -12 were indicated as sites 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 in Table 1 of Marsh et al. (2006). Additional crust sampling was conducted at two additional sites (“Peninsula”, “Silver City”) in 2004; details of sampling methods and site locations are in Marsh et al. (2006).

Results from 2009 field work were presented in Sanborn and Jull (2010), along with soil charcoal radiocarbon dates from 2003-2008 sampling which were used to reconstruct fire history in the Kluane Lake area. The 2003 (a single site at Silver City), 2004, and 2008 field work consisted of a reconnaissance of grassland and forest sites across a range of aspects and slope positions in order to recover buried soil charcoal.