Sunwapta Pass SP-1
Location: |
Alberta, Canada |
Latitude (N): |
52.22° |
Longitude (W): |
117.18° |
Site notes: |
In Jasper National Park. Upper subalpine site. |
- Beaudoin, A. B. 1984
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Holocene Environmental Change in the Sunwapta Pass Area, Jasper
National Park. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Department of
Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
487 pages.
Sites discussed: Wilcox Pass, Sunwapta
Pass SP9, Sunwapta Pass SP1, Sunwapta Pass SP20, Sunwapta Pass
SP15, Sunwapta Pass SP10. Examined pollen records and
tephras.
- Bowyer-Beaudoin, A. 1982
- Holocene Palaeoenvironmental Change and the Local Pollen Record
in Sunwapta Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta.
In American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) Program and
Abstracts of the Seventh Biennial Conference. p. 74. Character
and Timing of Rapid Environmental and Climatic Changes. June 28-30,
1982, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Sites discussed: Wilcox Pass, Sunwapta
Pass SP9, Sunwapta Pass SP1, Sunwapta Pass SP20, Sunwapta Pass
SP15, Sunwapta Pass SP10. Some preliminary discussion of the pollen
record from the four sites along the floor of Sunwapta Pass and the
higher-elevation Wilcox Pass site. (04/12/2007).
- Holland, D. K. 1980
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The Pollen Stratigraphy of Two Holocene Sections in Sunwapta
Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis.
Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, Canada 105 pages.
Sites discussed: Sunwapta Pass SP9,
Sunwapta Pass SP1. Describes the pollen records from sections SP-1
and SP-9.
- King, R. H., A. Bowyer-Beaudoin, and F. J. Chorley 1981
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Holocene Environmental Change in Jasper National Park: Fourth
Interim Report. Copy on file at Park Library, Jasper, Alberta,
Canada. Progress Report to Parks Canada 26 pp.
Sites discussed: Sunwapta Pass SP1,
Sunwapta Pass SP9, Sunwapta Pass SP10, Wilcox Pass. Report contains
some additional discussion of the SP-1, SP-9, and SP-10 records,
and a brief description of the Wilcox Pass core.
- King, R. H., K. B. Cawker, M. S. Kearney, A. Bowyer-Beaudoin,
and D. K. Holland 1980
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Holocene Environmental Change in Jasper National Park: Third
Interim Report. Copy on file at Park Library, Jasper, Alberta,
Canada. Progress Report to Parks Canada 37 pp.
Sites discussed: Sunwapta Pass SP1,
Sunwapta Pass SP9, Sunwapta Pass SP10, Sunwapta Pass SP11, Tonquin
Pass. Includes discussion of pollen record at SP-9 and SP-1. Also
mentions SP-10 and SP-11. Kearney provides some preliminary
discussion of the Tonquin Pass record.
- Luckman, B. H., M. S. Kearney, and D. K. Holland 1977
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Holocene Environmental Change in Jasper National Park. Copy
on file at Park Library, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Progress Report
to Parks Canada. Department of Geography, University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 17 pp.
Sites discussed: Sunwapta Pass SP1,
Sunwapta Pass SP10, Watchtower Basin, Excelsior Basin, Maligne Lake
Kettle, Cottonwood Slough. Includes profile descriptions for SP-1
and SP-10. Reports on coring in Watchtower and Excelsior Basins and
Maligne Lake Kettle (described as "the almost circular kettle hole,
10 - 20 m deep, at the south-east corner of the Maligne Lake
Parking lot. Its floor has a shallow pond, up to 50 cm deep in
which cores were taken. The site is easily identified by the
interpretation sign at its southern end"). Includes field
description of the core and a date from near the base (7660 yr BP).
Provides description of the Cottonwood Slough core.
- Luckman, B. H., M. S. Kearney, R. H. King, and A. B. Beaudoin
1979
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Holocene Environmental Change in Jasper National Park: Second
Interim Report. Report on file at Park Library, Jasper.
Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, Canada 29 pages.
Sites discussed: Sunwapta Pass SP11,
Sunwapta Pass SP1, Sunwapta Pass SP9, Sunwapta Pass SP10, Tonquin
Pass, Excelsior Basin, Watchtower Basin. Gives some information on
SP-1, SP-9, and SP-10. Includes a preliminary pollen diagram for
SP-9. Includes a preliminary pollen diagram for the Tonquin Creek
record and some discussion of the Excelsior record. Mentions
occurrence of buried wood, C14 dating, and coring in
Watchtower Basin.
This presentation has been compiled and is
© 1998-2024 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (abeaudoi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca)
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