ADAPT Project data

Informations: Beaver Creek

Measurement site

  Latitude : 62.33624
  Longitude : -140.83206
  Altitude (m) :
  Startup date : January 1, 1900

Site description

   
Subsite: ADAPT1 / Surficial geology: Slightly decomposed peat, silty peat and silt / Vegetation: Small black spruces (0-1 m high), moss, lichens, shrubs (labrador tea, bear berries, birches)
Subsite: ADAPT2 / Surficial geology: Slightly decomposed peat, silty peat and silt / Vegetation: Open forest of black spruces (0-10 m high), moss, lichens, shrubs (labrador tea, bear berries, willows)
The Beaver Creek site is located at about 5 km South-East of the town of Beaver Creek (Yukon), near the border between Yukon and Alaska. The study site is located in a valley associated to the Shakwak trench. The area wasn't covered by ice at the last gla