# 121_Ricker_Dempster_legend

Group_Title:
Glacial Facies (Active Ice) - Undifferentiated. Till +/- indurated, gravel and minor sand.

Subgroup_Description:
Terminal (Frontal, End) Moraine Deposits; at maximal extent of glaciation.


Subgroup_Description:
Lateral Moraine Deposits; at maximal extent of glaciation.


Group_Title:
Glacio-fluvial facies (Stagnating Ice) - Undifferentiated. Gravel, sand, silt and minor till.


Subgroup_Description:
Lateral Meltwater Channels and Associated Deposits (unless otherwise indicated). (meltwater) large; (meltwater) small; (meltwater) one wall.


Subgroup_Description:
Overflow Channel and Associated Deposits (unless otherwise indicated), drains away from the ice. (meltwater) large, (meltwater) small.


Subgroup_Description:
Rill Deposits - not associated with obvious channels.


Subgroup_Description:
Kame Deposits. Frontal apons and marginal terraces at maximal extent of glaciation.


Subgroup_Description:
Recessional Moraine and Kame Complex Deposits


Group_Title:
Fluvio-glacial and Glacio-lacustrine Facies (Dead Ice) - Undifferentiated.

Subgroup_Description:
Esker and Eskeroid Complexes. Gravel,  sand and silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Kettled Terrace Deposits. Gravel, sand and minor silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Lacustrine Deposits - glacial lake origin. Silt, minor sand and clay.


Subgroup_Description:
Distal Outwash 'Fan' Deposits - not pitted. Gravel,  sand and minor silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Overflow and Subglacial Channel, and Associated Deposits. (meltwater channel) Large, (meltwater channel) small.


Group_Title:
Fluvial and Sub-aerial Facies - Early Post-glacial.

Subgroup_Description:
Terrace Deposits - not kettled. Gravel, sand and minor silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Fan and Bajada Deposits - usually with frontal escarpment. Gravel, sand and silt.


Group_Title:
Eolian Facies - Glacial and Post-glacial

Subgroup_Description:
Loess Sheets. Thick blankets >1m; or thin veneer on any of unit 1-8 as indicated by overlay. Usually the deposit has been reworked by solifluction processes. However flow lines are not over conspicuous on aerial photos. Thicknesses are given in a few locations. eg. +45cm.


Group_Title:
Periglacial Facies - Glacial and Post-glacial.

Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thick mappable entity.


Subgroup_Description:
Patterned Ground Deposits - stone stripes, nets and circles on valley walls and elevated benches.


Subgroup_Description:
Rock Glaciers - Angular blocks and interstitial ice.  Spatulate, lobate and tongue type indicated by geologic boundries - refer to Vernon and Hughes,1966. Bull. Geol. Surv. Canada. No.136.


Subgroup_Description:
Peat Bog Deposits - associated with permafrost;


Subgroup_Description:
Felsenmeere. Nonsorted angular blocks. Only those encountered in field surveys are indicated.


Group_Title:
Fluvial, Aerial and Sub-aerial Facies - Undifferentiated. Mainly Late Post-glacial.

Subgroup_Description:
Fan and Bajada Deposits- usually without frontal escarpment. Gravel, sand, and silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Alluvial and Talus Cone Deposits. Angular blocks, gravel, sand,and silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Flood Plain, Meader Belt, and Braided Stream Deposits. Gravel, sand and minor silt.


Subgroup_Description:
Talus and Protalus deposits. Blocks, grit and minor silt. As a thin or sporadic veneer.


Subgroup_Description:
Paludal Deposits - not associated with active permafrost.  Silt, 'muck' and minor sand.


Subgroup_Description:
Landslide, Slump and Fragmental Flow Deposits - in bedrock and surficial deposits. Teeth indicate zone of  accumulation. Early to Late Post-glacial.


Subgroup_Description:
Low terrace deposits.Gravel, sand, and minor silt


Subgroup_Description:
Slope and sheetwash, mass wasting debris, thin veneers of non-lobed solifluction deposits. Occurs  as >1m thick blanket.


Subgroup_Description:
Late Post-glacial, ice and interstial blocks and grit.


Subgroup_Description:
25% outcrop exposure interspersed with unit 9


Subgroup_Description:
Crevasse Deposits. Gravel, sand and minor silt.


Group_Title:
Periglacial Facies - Glacial and Post-glacial (larger stipple)

Subgroup_Description:
Patterned Ground Deposits - as ice wedge polygons superimposed on lowland silts that blanket any of Unit 1-8.


Subgroup_Description:
Rock Glaciers - (AC)Active. Angular blocks and interstitial ice.  Spatulate, lobate and tongue type indicated by geologic boundries - refer to Vernon and Hughes,1966. Bull. Geol. Surv. Canada. No.136.


Subgroup_Description:
Rock Glaciers - (DO) Dormant. Angular blocks and interstitial ice.  Spatulate, lobate and tongue type indicated by geologic boundries - refer to Vernon and Hughes,1966. Bull. Geol. Surv. Canada. No.136.


Subgroup_Description:
Patterned Ground Deposits - as beaded stream courses (b).


Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thin veneeer of <1m on any of unit 1-8 as indicated by overlay.


Group_Title:
Eolian Facies - Glacial and Post-glacial (small fine stipple hatch)


Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thick mappable entity - (st)=soil terraces. Refer to Sigafoos & Hopkins,1952. Highway Res. Bd. Spec.Rept. No.2.


Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thick mappable entity - (lt)=lobate terraces. Refer to Sigafoos & Hopkins,1952. Highway Res. Bd. Spec.Rept. No.2.


Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thick mappable entity - (sb)=soil lobes. Refer to Sigafoos & Hopkins,1952. Highway Res. Bd. Spec.Rept. No.2.


Subgroup_Description:
Lobed Solifluction Deposits - Undifferentiated. Thick mappable entity - (tm)=tundra mudflow. Refer to Sigafoos & Hopkins,1952. Highway Res. Bd. Spec.Rept. No.2.


Subgroup_Description:
Slope and sheetwash, mass wasting debris, thin veneers of non-lobed solifluction deposits. Occurs  as a veneer superimposed on/or sporadically scattered with any of Unit 1-9.


Subgroup_Description:
Peat Bog Deposits - associated with permafrost; palsa type


Subgroup_Description:
Talus and Protalus deposits. Blocks, grit and minor silt. As a distinct entity.


# 121_Ricker_Dempster_surficial_lines_conversions

TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction known


TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction unknown


# 121_Ricker_Dempster_surficial_points_conversions

TYPE:
streamlined landform, ice-flow direction unknown


# surficial_lines

TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction unknown

ORIGNL_MAP:
Ricker, 1967, North Klondike and Upper Blackstone River, UBC unpublished


TYPE:
meltwater channel, minor, flow direction known


# surficial_points

ORIGNL_MAP:
Ricker, 1967, North Klondike and Upper Blackstone River, UBC unpublished


TYPE:
streamlined landform, ice-flow direction known


# surficial_polygons

ORIGNL_MAP:
Ricker, 1967, North Klondike and Upper Blackstone River, UBC unpublished


