Stratigraphy

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Date created: October 15, 2004
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
License: This photograph copyright ©2004. Terms of use

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Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 2.11)

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This cut by a bulldozer illustrates different layers of soil in the Yukon Territory in Canada. The white layer near the surface is ash from a volcanic eruption.

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