Summer 2018 field studies by MSc student Adam Wiest and Luke Beranek focused on Jurassic strata in the Faro area of central Yukon that document the exhumation of the Yukon-Tanana and Slide Mountain terranes during the early development of the North American Cordillera. The objectives of Adam Wiest's project are to identify the principal lithofacies of stratigraphic units and determine the timing, source, and tectonic setting of Jurassic sedimentation in central Yukon with laser ablation split stream (LASS) detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf techniques. This research is supported by the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Program at Natural Resources Canada and Yukon Geological Survey.
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