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              2020.4.6.144 · File · 1985
              Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

              File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for the "Impact Analysis of Proposed Mining Road Access, Casino Trail" project in Carmacks, Yukon. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #144; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

              Includes the following reports:

              • Government of Yukon Department of Community and Transportation Services, "Proposed Casino Trail Route Location and Terrain Analysis Study", January 1986
              • Casino Trail Project Advisory Committee, "Summary Report", Dec. 1985
              • Spencer Environmental Management Services Ltd. for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, "Socio-Economic/Environmental Overview for Proposed Casino Trail", December 1985.

              Maps include:

              • "Casino Trail Key Plan", Yukon Department of Community and Transportation Services, 17 Oct. 1985;
              • Annotated section of NTS map "Snag, Yukon Territory";
              • Annotated NTS map "Carmacks, Yukon Territory";
              • Untitled Casino Trail area, Spencer Environmental Management Services Ltd. - 2 copies;
              • "(2116) MacMillan River World Aeronautical Chart", Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1965;
              • Annotated combined duplicated copies of NTS maps for Snag and Carmacks, Yukon Territory;
              • Untitled soil map for Casino Trail area, possibly by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., n.d.;
              • Copy of combined annotated NTS maps for Carmacks, Rowlinson Creek, and Mount Nansen, Yukon Territory showing soil types, possibly by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd.
              2023.2.2.8.10 · File · 2003
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              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.

              7A-9A: moister Deschampsia site, polygonal cracking patterns (W side of highway)

              10A-12A: closeups of efflorescences

              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:

              • Y03-03-01 - 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)
                Print roll 3, #20A-22A (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2: #12-10)

              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)
                Print roll 3, #25A-28A (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: #9-7)

              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
                Print roll 3, #34A-#E (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: Slides #6-1)
              2023.2.2.8.11 · File · 2003
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              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:

              • Y03-06-01 - 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)
                Print roll 4, #1-2 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #36-35)

              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
                Print roll 4, #3-10 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #34-30)

              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:

              • Nostoc crust, also with Collema
              • calcareous to surface
              • site has later successional stage, with Arctostaphylos & Juniperus starting to move in
                Print roll 4, # 22-25

              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

              2023.2.2.8.12 · File · 2003
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              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:

              • Y03-08-01 - 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)
                Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4)

              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)
                Print roll 5, #11-15 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #10-6)

              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)
                Print roll 5, #19-22 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #3-1)

              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:

              • Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
              • Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
              • Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
              • Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
              • Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
              • Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
              • Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
              • Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
              • Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
              • Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
              • Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
              • Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
              • Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
                Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
                Soil 1
              • consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
              • loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
                Soil 2
              • 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
              • Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
              • Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
              • less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
                Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
                Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
                Soil 5
              • complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
              • individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
              • overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
              • similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
                Print roll 5, #26-30 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 4, #36-32)
              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)
              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)
              2023.2.2.8.09 · File · 2003
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              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:

              • Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
              • Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
              • Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
              • Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
              • Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
              • Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
              • Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
              • Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
              • Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
              • Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
              • Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
              • Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
              • Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
                Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
                Soil 1
              • consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
              • loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
                Soil 2
              • 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
              • Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
              • Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
              • less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
                Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
                Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
                Soil 5
              • complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
              • individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
              • overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
              • similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
                Slide roll 4, #36-32 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #26-30)

              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:

              • Y03-12-01 - Crust
              • Y03-12-02 - 0-10 cm - ACk
                Slide roll 4, #31-10 (miscellaneous site views of Y03-12 & Slims R delta island)
              2023.2.2.8.17 · File · 2004
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

              Thorsen Bay
              Print roll 11, #01-2A
              Corresponding slides: slide roll 6, #12-10

              Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
              Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
              Print roll 11, #3A-5A (profile), #6A-10A (landscape)
              Corresponding slides: slide roll 6, #9-7 (profile), #6-1 (landscape)

              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-19-01 – charcoal at 95 cm
              Roadcut opposite ~ 30 m to NE on grassy S aspect (10° slope) with 15-20 cm of calcareous loess and sand over 2 cm White River ash; strongly effervescent throughout.
              Print roll 11, #11A-12A (profile)
              Corresponding slides: slide roll 7, #36-35 (profile)

              Thorsen Bay landscape
              Print roll 11, #13A-16A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #34-32

              Y04-20B
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 16.5” N, 138º 26’ 18.7’ W, 797.5 m asl (± 5.9 m)
              Site Description: wind-eroded Slims soil on glaciolacustrine with contorted bedding (exposed on blown-out roadcut); calcareous to surface; White R ash pockets at 10-20 cm; S aspect, 5° slope.
              Print roll 11, #17A-21A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #31-26

              Y04-22
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 39.24” N, 138º 25’ 7.8’ W, 790.6 m asl (± 6.4 m)
              Site Description: toe of 30° slope, W aspect (grassy slope with poplar at toe); 1.0-1.2 of colluviated loess over gravelly glaciofluvial with buried soil at 70-80 cm
              Print roll 11, #22A-24A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #25-24

              2023.2.2.8.18 · File · 2004
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

              Cultus Bay Rd.
              (landscape views looking W from road; lake is likely at ~61°4’ 10.5”N, 138°22’ 31.5”)
              Print roll 12, #0A-2A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #23-22

              Keyhole Pond (landscape views)
              Print roll 12, #3A-4A

              Y04-23 (Saddle W of Keyhole Pond)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 4’ 46.5” N, 138º 22’ 32.2’ W, 828 m asl (± 8.0 m)
              Site Description: 7º, NW-facing slope. Cumulic profile in colluviated loess with White River tephra at 10 cm, brownish paleosol at 23-27 cm, glaciofluvial sand at 50 cm.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-23-01 – charcoal at 23-27 cm, immediately above paleosol
              Print roll 12, #5A-6A
              (Location not recorded: Print roll 12, #7A-8A)

              Y04-24 (W side of Rat Lake)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 54.6” N, 138º 25’ 41.6” W, 807.7 m asl (± 13.5 m)
              Site Description: 23° slope, NE aspect; cumulic profile with White R ash at 20 cm; no obvious charcoal bands.
              Print roll 12, #9A-10A (9A print is missing)

              "Ian's Lake"(W of NW corner of Rat Lake)
              Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 1.4” N, 138º 25’ 47.7” W, 773.4 m asl (± 9.8 m) (coordinates are for ridge crest on NE side of lake)
              Site Description: basal date 700 BP in terrestrial sediments; NE side has grassy 30°slope
              Print roll 12, #11A

              Y04-25 (S shore of “Ian’s Lake”, NW of Rat Lake)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 0.7” N, 138º 25’ 49.2” W, 781.8 m asl (± 8.8 m)
              Site Description: 35 cm of colluviated loess over gravelly sandy glaciofluvial; no visible charcoal bands; buried soil at 25-35 cm; White R ash at 6-8 cm.
              Print roll 12, #12A-13A

              Y04-26 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 1’ 59.8” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 836.1 m asl (± 7.7 m)
              Site Description: grassland at crest of 33° terrace scarp, S aspect.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-26-01 – 0-10 cm
              Print roll 12, #14A-15A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #21-20

              Y04-27
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 0.9” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 843.6 m asl (± 5.8 m) (~ 35 m N of Y04-26)
              Site Description: spruce forest on terrace surface; level.

              • 0-8 cm - Loess-rich forest floor; strongly calcareous.
              • 8-13 cm - Bmk
              • 13-15 cm - Discontinuous pockets of White R ash
              • 15-35 cm - Bmk (Slims soil) – no charcoal visible
              • 35-75 cm - Gray calcareous loess.
              • 75 cm+ - Gravelly sandy glaciofluvial deposit.
                Print roll 12, #16A-17A
                Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #19-18

              Y04-28 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 34.4” N, 138º 21’ 57.0” W, 820.2 m asl (± 6.1 m)
              Site Description: grassland on esker crest W of Jenny L; 30° slope, SW aspect
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-28-01: 0-10 cm
              Print roll 12, #18A-19A
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #17-16

              Y04-30 (between eskers, W of Jenny Lake)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 31.6” N, 138º 21’ 52.3’ W, 817.6 m asl (± 6.1 m)
              Site Description: Level (base of saddle). Colluviated loess to 90 cm+, with White River tephra at 15-17 cm, brownish paleosol at 17-35 cm, underlain by turbated Bmku with multiple charcoal-rich bands.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions:

              • Y04-30-01 – charcoal at 13 cm (above WR tephra)
              • Y04-30-02 – charcoal at 22 cm (below WR tephra)
              • Y04-30-03 – charcoal at 75 cm
                Print roll 12, #20A-22A
                Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #15-13

              Jenny Lake (landscape views)
              Print roll 12, #23A-24A

              2023.2.2.8.19 · File · 2004
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

              Y04-31 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 9.2” N, 138º 21’ 30.3’ W, 837.2 m asl (± 6.4 m)
              Site Description: crest of N-S esker ridge
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-31-01: 0-10 cm
              Print roll 13, #1-3
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #12-11

              Y04-32
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 7.4” N, 138º 21’ 27.7’ W, 823.7 m asl (± 13.7 m)
              Site Description: toeslope on NE side of same ridge as for Y04-31; 20° slope, NE aspect; Cryosol with permafrost at 34 cm; 30 cm of forest floor organic horizons; abundant charred wood fragments at top of mineral soil & in lowest part of organic horizon.
              Print roll 13, #4-5
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #10-9

              Y04-34
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 47.7” N, 138º 21’ 2.5’ W, 838 m asl
              Site Description: Toe of 30º, W-facing grassland slope. Colluviated loess with White River tephra at 8-9 cm, brownish paleosol (9-35 cm), overlying sandy glaciofluvial at 35-70 cm+.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-34-01: charcoal at 34 cm
              Print roll 13, #6-7
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #8-7

              Y04-35 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 49.9” N, 138º 21’ 1.1” W, 854.4 m asl (± 6.3 m)
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-35-01: 0 – 10 cm
              Print roll 13, #8-10 (Location not recorded: Print roll 13, #11-12)
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #6-5

              Y04-36
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 8’ 11.5” N, 138º 25’ 50.8” W, 825.6 m asl (± 14.5 m)
              Site Description:

              • 10-0 cm - LF
              • 0-15 cm - Bmk1 (7.5YR 4/6 m)
              • 15-28 cm - Bmk2 (2.5Y 4/3 m)
              • 28-48 cm - Ck
              • 48-55 cm+ - IICk (sandy gravelly glaciofluvial)
              • No charcoal visible in mineral horizons
                Print roll 13, #13-14
                Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #4-3

              Y04-37
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: (roadcut adjacent to Y04-36)
              Site Description: multiple colour bands in Slims soil; some charcoal blobs (not sampled) which are right size to have been roots.
              Print roll 13, #15-19
              Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, # 2-1

              2023.2.2.8.14 · File · 2004
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              Slide roll contains the following photographs:

              Thorsen Bay
              Print roll 11, #01-2A; slide roll 6, #12-10

              Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
              Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
              Slide roll 6, #9-7 (profile), #6-1 (landscape)
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #3A-5A (profile), #6A-10A (landscape)

              2023.2.2.8.15 · File · 2004
              Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

              Slide roll contains the following photographs:

              Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
              Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-19-01 – charcoal at 95 cm
              Roadcut opposite ~ 30 m to NE on grassy S aspect (10° slope) with 15-20 cm of calcareous loess and sand over 2 cm White River ash; strongly effervescent throughout.
              Slide roll 7, #36-35 (profile)
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #11A-12A (profile)

              Thorsen Bay landscape
              Slide roll 7, #34-32
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #13A-16A

              Y04-20B
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 16.5” N, 138º 26’ 18.7’ W, 797.5 m asl (± 5.9 m)
              Site Description: wind-eroded Slims soil on glaciolacustrine with contorted bedding (exposed on blown-out roadcut); calcareous to surface; White R ash pockets at 10-20 cm; S aspect, 5° slope.
              Slide roll 7, #31-26
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #17A-21A

              Y04-22
              Date: July 22, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 39.24” N, 138º 25’ 7.8’ W, 790.6 m asl (± 6.4 m)
              Site Description: toe of 30° slope, W aspect (grassy slope with poplar at toe); 1.0-1.2 of colluviated loess over gravelly glaciofluvial with buried soil at 70-80 cm
              Slide roll 7, #25-24
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #22A-24A

              Cultus Bay Rd.
              (landscape views looking W from road; lake is likely at ~61°4’ 10.5”N, 138°22’ 31.5”)
              Slide roll 7, #23-22
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #0A-2A

              Y04-26 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 1’ 59.8” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 836.1 m asl (± 7.7 m)
              Site Description: grassland at crest of 33° terrace scarp, S aspect.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-26-01 – 0-10 cm
              Slide roll 7, #21-20
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #14A-15A

              Y04-27
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 0.9” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 843.6 m asl (± 5.8 m) (~ 35 m N of Y04-26)
              Site Description: spruce forest on terrace surface; level.

              • 0-8 cm - Loess-rich forest floor; strongly calcareous.
              • 8-13 cm - Bmk
              • 13-15 cm - Discontinuous pockets of White R ash
              • 15-35 cm - Bmk (Slims soil) – no charcoal visible
              • 35-75 cm - Gray calcareous loess.
              • 75 cm+ - Gravelly sandy glaciofluvial deposit.
                Slide roll 7, #19-18
                Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #16A-17A

              Y04-28 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 34.4” N, 138º 21’ 57.0” W, 820.2 m asl (± 6.1 m)
              Site Description: grassland on esker crest W of Jenny L; 30° slope, SW aspect
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-28-01: 0-10 cm
              Slide roll 7, #17-16
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #18A-19A

              Y04-30 (between eskers, W of Jenny Lake)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 31.6” N, 138º 21’ 52.3’ W, 817.6 m asl (± 6.1 m)
              Site Description: Level (base of saddle). Colluviated loess to 90 cm+, with White River tephra at 15-17 cm, brownish paleosol at 17-35 cm, underlain by turbated Bmku with multiple charcoal-rich bands.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions:

              • Y04-30-01 – charcoal at 13 cm (above WR tephra)
              • Y04-30-02 – charcoal at 22 cm (below WR tephra)
              • Y04-30-03 – charcoal at 75 cm
                Slide roll 7, #15-13
                Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #20A-22A

              Y04-31 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 9.2” N, 138º 21’ 30.3’ W, 837.2 m asl (± 6.4 m)
              Site Description: crest of N-S esker ridge
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-31-01: 0-10 cm
              Slide roll 7, #12-11
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #1-3

              Y04-32
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 7.4” N, 138º 21’ 27.7’ W, 823.7 m asl (± 13.7 m)
              Site Description: toeslope on NE side of same ridge as for Y04-31; 20° slope, NE aspect; Cryosol with permafrost at 34 cm; 30 cm of forest floor organic horizons; abundant charred wood fragments at top of mineral soil & in lowest part of organic horizon.
              Slide roll 7, #10-9
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #4-5

              Y04-34
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 47.7” N, 138º 21’ 2.5’ W, 838 m asl
              Site Description: Toe of 30º, W-facing grassland slope. Colluviated loess with White River tephra at 8-9 cm, brownish paleosol (9-35 cm), overlying sandy glaciofluvial at 35-70 cm+.
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-34-01: charcoal at 34 cm
              Slide roll 7, #8-7
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #6-7

              Y04-35 (EW)
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 49.9” N, 138º 21’ 1.1” W, 854.4 m asl (± 6.3 m)
              Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-35-01: 0 – 10 cm
              Slide roll 7, #6-5
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #8-10
              (Location not recorded: Print roll 13, #11-12)

              Y04-36
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: 61º 8’ 11.5” N, 138º 25’ 50.8” W, 825.6 m asl (± 14.5 m)
              Site Description:

              • 10-0 cm - LF
              • 0-15 cm - Bmk1 (7.5YR 4/6 m)
              • 15-28 cm - Bmk2 (2.5Y 4/3 m)
              • 28-48 cm - Ck
              • 48-55 cm+ - IICk (sandy gravelly glaciofluvial)
              • No charcoal visible in mineral horizons
                Slide roll 7, #4-3
                Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #13-14

              Y04-37
              Date: July 23, 2004
              Location Coordinates: (roadcut adjacent to Y04-36)
              Site Description: multiple colour bands in Slims soil; some charcoal blobs (not sampled) which are right size to have been roots.
              Slide roll 7, # 2-1
              Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #15-19

              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