A map of Canada's earth materials |
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Geoscape Canada A map of Canada's earth materials Mountains of Western Canada
Figure 46. St. Elias Mountains with ice field and valley glaciers (J.J. Clague).
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Figure 47. Miles Canyon, near Whitehorse, where Yukon River cuts through a lava flow (Emile Forrest Collection, Yukon Archives 80/60 PHO 131 #6).
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Figure 48. Folded limestone and dolostone (carbonate rock), Kananaskis valley, Alberta (J.J. Clague).
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Figure 49. Rocky shore (metamorphosed clastic sedimentary rock) and sandy beach, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia (R.G. Anderson).
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Figure 50. Terraces of gravel and glacial-lake sand and silt (Ice Age sediment) incised by Thompson River, Ashcroft, British Columbia (J.J. Clague).
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