karst of the southern mackenzie mountains...u f o sinkh le k a rst p in cl edg felsenmeere surfaces...

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Nahanni National Park Reserve Fish Lake W illo w l ak e R i v e r R o o t R i v e r N o r t h N a h a n n i R i v e r S o u t h N a h a n n i R i v e r Cli Lake Little Doctor Lake Tsetso Lake Sibbeston Lake M A C K E N Z I E R I V E R C A N Y O N R A N G E S M A C K E N Z I E M O U N T A I N S B A C K B O N E R A N G E S M e i l l e u r R i v e r R a m R i v e r P r a i r i e C r e e k I V E R S O N R A N G E Kaytay Mountain C A M S E L L R A N G E Nahanni Butte N A H A N N I R A N G E L i a r d R i v e r 95F 95G 95J 95K 95C 95B 95N L I A R First Canyon Bubbling Springs White Spray CC Death Lake R a m R i v e r TS TA S u n d o g C r e e k Castellated Karst Prairie Creek Pavements Labyrinth P L A T E A U R A M Scimitar Canyon Second Canyon Lafferty Canyon Grotte Mickey M a r y R i v e r Yohin Lake Pseudokarst B a t t l e m e n t C r e e k Horseshoe Lake Glaciokarst Depression M c C O N N E L R A N G E 95O May 14, 2012 0 10 20 5 km ¼ Karst of the Southern Mackenzie Mountains Karst features points: # 0 River Sink Cave # 0 Karst Cave penetrable >= 10m Large Tor on Karst Rocks X W Waterfalls G F g Unknown ! ( Sinkhole Exceptional ^ ` Spring ^ ` Icing Spring TA = Tower Anticline TS = Tower Syncline CC = Canal Canyon 1 : 250,000 NTS mapsheet grid and number 85C Karst features polygons: Closed depression draining underground Sinkholes clustered Sinkholes scattered Sinkholes widely scattered; may be some misidentification ! ! ! ! Lake or pond draining underground Suffosion sinkholes Karst pinnacle ridge Felsenmeere surfaces Drape karst topography Piping pseudokarst Intersecting solutional corridors Solutional pavement ! ! ! ! Closed depression sinking stream Hydration ridge - karstic; no detail ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( ! ( Karst features lines: Groundwater Flow Connection Karstic Glacial Spillway Sinking Stream Significance ranking of karst terrains: Established global - very significant Established global - Significant Significance not yet well established Unique landform " ) Alvar ! ( Suffosion sinkhole ! ( Funnel-type sinkhole

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Page 1: Karst of the Southern Mackenzie Mountains...u f o sinkh le K a rst p in cl edg Felsenmeere surfaces rape k s t og hy Piping pseudokarst I nte rsc ig olu a d Solutional pavement!! Cl

Wrigley

Nahanni National Park Reserve

Fish Lake

Willowlake River

R o o t R i v e r

Wrigley

N o r t h N a h a n n i R i v e r

S o u t h N a h a n n i R i v e r

Cli Lake

Little DoctorLake

TsetsoLake

SibbestonLake

M A C

K E N

Z I E

R I

V E R

C A N Y O N R A N G E S

M A C K E N Z I E

M O U N T A I N S

B A C K B O N E R A N G E S

M e i l l e

u r R i v e

r

R a m R

i v e

r

P r a i r i e C r e e k

I V E R S O N R A N G E

Kaytay Mountain

C A M S E L L R A N G E

F l a t R i v e r

Nahanni Butte

N A H

A N N

I

R A N

G E

L i a

r d

R i v e r

95F

95G

95J

95K

95C 95B

95N

LIARD RANGE

First Canyon

Bubbling Springs

White Spray

CCDeath Lake

R a m R i v e rTS

TA

Sundog C

reek

Castellated Karst

Prairie Creek Pavements

Labyrinth

P L A

T E A

U

R A M

Scimitar Canyon

SecondCanyon

Lafferty Canyon

Grotte Mickey

M a r y R i v e

r

Yohin Lake Pseudokarst

B a t t

l e m

e n t C r e e k

Horseshoe Lake Glaciokarst Depression

M c C O N N E L R A N G E

95O

May 14, 20120 10 205 km ¼

Karst of the Southern Mackenzie MountainsKarst features points:

#0 River Sink Cave#0 Karst Cave penetrable >= 10m

Large Tor on Karst RocksXW WaterfallsGF

g Unknown

!( Sinkhole Exceptional

^̀ Spring^̀ Icing Spring

TA = Tower AnticlineTS = Tower Syncline

CC = Canal Canyon

1 : 250,000 NTS mapsheet grid and number85C

Karst features polygons:Closed depression draining underground

Sinkholes clusteredSinkholes scatteredSinkholes widely scattered; may be some misidentification

!

! !

! Lake or pond draining underground

Suffosion sinkholesKarst pinnacle ridgeFelsenmeere surfacesDrape karst topography

Piping pseudokarstIntersecting solutional corridorsSolutional pavement

!

! !

! Closed depression sinking stream

Hydration ridge - karstic; no detail

!(

!(!(

!(

!(

Karst features lines:

Groundwater Flow ConnectionKarstic Glacial Spillway

Sinking Stream

Significance ranking of karst terrains:Established global - very significantEstablished global - SignificantSignificance not yet well establishedUnique landform

") Alvar

!( Suffosion sinkhole!( Funnel-type sinkhole