Wernecke Breccia Soft Sediment Textures in Yukon

The dataset describes soft sediment textures in clasts within the 1.60 Ga hydrothermal Wernecke Breccia in northern Yukon. It identifies two types of unlithified sediments—red mudstone to sandstone and green mudstone—likely derived from late Paleoproterozoic water-saturated sediments. The data was published by the Government of Yukon and last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling paleoproterozoic sediment transport based on identified soft sediment clast types.
• Analyzing hydrothermal breccia formation processes based on the described mixing of unlithified and lithified materials.
• Reconstructing eroded geological successions based on the described sediment descent to depths of at least 4 km.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a specific geological formation and age (1.60 Ga Wernecke Breccia).
• Identifies two distinct sediment types (red mudstone to sandstone, and green mudstone).
• Provides a specific depth estimate for sediment descent (at least 4 km).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on northern Yukon.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Likely contains geological field observations and analysis.

Time Range

Late Paleoproterozoic

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:40:26.869045; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wernecke, Ogilvie and southern Richardson Mountains of northern Yukon