Yukon channel shifting

Research Article| March 01, 1938 Yukon channel shifting A. J. EARDLEY A. J. EARDLEY Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1938) 49 (3): 343–358. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-49-343 Article history received: 30 Mar 1937 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation A. J. EARDLEY; Yukon channel shifting. GSA Bulletin 1938;; 49 (3): 343–358. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-49-343 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract INTRODUCTIONDuring, the summer of 1935 the writer studied the topographic forms and unconsolidated sediments of the Yukon Valley between Tanana and Holy Cross and found that the Yukon River is shifting over a broad lowland area. The magnitude and manifest rapidity of the process were so arresting that an attempt was made to discover the mechanism involved and the extent and rate of the activity. An analysis of the data collected affords approximate solutions of these problems and is presented in the following pages.EVIDENCE OF CHANNEL SHIFTINGThe most conspicuous evidence of channel shifting is the broad meander belt. The block diagram in the writer’s preceding article (Eardley, 1938, fig. 1) represents the nature of this physiographic feature with the limited accuracy that existing maps, observations from the river, and sketches and photographs from the air allow. At Tanana it is 6 to 10 miles wide; it narrows . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.