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The late Quaternary Old Crow tephra is a two-pyroxene, calc-alkaline dacite whose known areal extent is broadly delimited by a triangle with apices at the Seward Peninsula, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Old Crow Basin in the northern Yukon.Everywhere the tephra is fine grained (Mdu = 5.33 2 0.32) and moderately to poorly sorted (6u = 1.33 * 0.29). Samples from the extremities of the fall-out zone have similarity coefficients of 0.95.A palaeomagnetic excursion is recorded in sediments just below Old Crow tephra in the Fairbanks area and at Imuruk Lake on the Seward Peninsula. A short, full reversal of the magnetic field has been preserved at the corresponding stratigraphic level near Old Crow in the northern Yukon. Chronological controls based on I4C and fission-track dates and sedimentation rates show that these palaeornagnetic features are almost certainly partial records of the complex geomagnetic Blake Event, which occurred 100-120 ka ago.New petrochemical data demonstrate that the source of Old Crow tephra is in the eastern Aleutian arc.Le tephra d'Old Crow d'age quaternaire supCrieur est forme d'une dacite calco-alcaline a deux pyroxbnes et I'aire d'Ctendue connue est grossikrement dClimitCe par un triangle dont les sommets co~ncident avec la pCninsule Seward, les monts Wrangell et le bassin d'Old Crow dans le nord du Yukon. En tous lieux le tephra est h grain fin (Mdu = 5,33 * 0,32) et le tri des particules varie de modere a pauvre (6u = 1,33 + 0,29). Les echantillons en provenance des deux extrCmitCs de la zone d'truption prCsentent des coefficients de similitude de 0,95.Une diffkrence palComagnCtique est observke dans les sediments immediatement sous-jacents au tephra d'Old Crow dans la rkgion de Fairbanks et au lac lmuruk sur la pCninsule de Seward. Une inversion du champ magnCtique, Ctroite mais totale, a Ctt preservCe au m&me niveau stratigraphique prbs d'Old Crow dans le nord du Yukon. Les Ctudes chronologiques de contrale par I4C et traces de fission revblent que ces particularitCs palComagnCtiques ne constituent certainement qu'un rkgistre partiel de I'CvCnement gComagnttique de Blake datant d'il y a 100-120 ka.Les donnCes p6trochimiques recentes indiquent que la source du tephra d'Old Crow se situe dans la partie orientale de I'arc des AlCoutiennes.{Traduit par le journal]Can. J. Earth Sci. 22, 893-906 (1985)
Three speleothems from western Canada have been analyzed for their paleomagnetism and U-Th activity ratios. These cave deposits do not appear to show the kind of depositional effects on the recorded magnetic signal as is often the case with sediments. In addition the signal may be referred directly to geographic coordinates so that virtual geomagnetic pole plots may be constructed. This in turn has allowed assessment of any possible bias of the paleofield.The U-Th activity ratios of two flowstones from the Crowsnest Pass area of British Columbia indicated ages greater than the 350 ka dating limit of the dating method. One of the samples was reversely magnetized. Besides their use in the study of the ancient field, these samples have useful geomorphic applications. A stalagmite from Vancouver Island was shown to have recorded 2f clockwise loops of the field vector in the period 5.4-2.1 ka BP. This implies a mainly westward drift of the paleofield for this period; the corresponding VGP's were mostly far-sided and slightly left-handed.Trois sp61Cothbmes de I'ouest du Canada ont Ct C analysbs pour leur paltomagnCtisme et pour dkterminer les rapports d'activitk U-Th. Ces dC@ts de caverne ne semblent pas prksenter le m&me genre d'effets de dkposition provoquCs sur les signaux magnCtiques que I'on retrouve frkquemrnent avec les sediments. En plus, le signal peut &tre rattach6 directement h des coordonnbes gkographiques et ainsi permettre de construire les diagrammes des pBles gComagnCtiques virtuels. On peut alors Cvaluer toute dCviation possible du palCochamp.Les rapports d'activitk U-Th de deux coulCes de la rCgion du col Crowsnest, en Colombie-Britannique, ont indique des Lges sup6rieurs aux 350 ka correspondant h la limite de la mCthode de datation. Un des Cchantillons montre une aimantation inverste., A part leur utilitt pour I'btude des anciens champs magnktiques, ces Cchantillons peuvent semir pour des applications gComorphologiques. Un Cchantillon de stalagmite de l'ile de Vancouver a Ct C marquC par 2,5 boucles du vecteur du champ, dans le sens du mouvement des aiguilles d'une montre, durant la periode 5,4-2,l ka avant le prksent. Cela implique une dCrive du palCochamp principalement en direction ouest durant cette pCriode; les " V G P correspondants Ctaient surtout tloignks et ICgbrement senestres.Can.
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