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Site Description - C3-BASIN
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C-3C3-1100C3 Flume
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Active
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Site Information - C3-BASIN
BNZ-LTER site*
* Site information should be complete for BNZ LTER sites.
Information for related sites might be incomplete.
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General Information
| Site synonyms |
C-3,
C3-1100,
C3 Flume,
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| General Description |
The tributary basins of Caribou Creek are all arbitrarily designated with a "C". The C3 basin is the sub-basin with the most permafrost of the CPCRW sub-basins. As such, it has been often been studied intensively in conjunction with C2, the sub-basin with the least amount of permafrost. The basin trends to the northeast, with black spruce/feather moss slopes and permafrost-underlain treeless muskeg in valley
bottom.
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| History |
The flume at C3 was first installed in about 1974.
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| Directions |
The C3 basin is accessible by all-terrain vehicle or snow machine by a trail that runs west from the confluence of Caribou and Poker Creeks. Stay to the left at the "T" junction about 3 miles up the valley: the right turn goes to the C1 and C2 basins and sites. After crossing a bridge over Caribou Creek at the CB site, the trail goes up a ridge towards Haystack Mountain. The c3 basin is to the left, or south, of this trail. The trail to the C3 flume is on the left about 500 m from Caribou Creek.
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The Bonanza Creek LTER, including this website, is supported by the
National Science Foundation through awards
DEB-0620579,
DEB-0423442,
DEB-0080609,
DEB-9810217,
DEB-9211769,
DEB-8702629
and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station through agreement number RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the
material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the supporting agencies or the program as a whole.
© Bonanza Creek LTER, 2009.
Last modified 23-Nov-09
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