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3 . LITERATURE REVIEW
Leahey (1947) studied some of the soils along the Mackenzie River
and provided a brief analysis and description of
soil samples from
several locations along the route . Wright et al (1959) discussed the
chemical, morphological and mineralogical characteristics of soils
developed on alluvial deposits near the mouth of the Hay River, N .W .T .
Day (1962) and Day and Rice (1964) provided some information concerning
the characteristics of perennially frozen soils occurring along the
Mackenzie River .
Jeffrey (1964) provided valuable soil information
relating to vegetation types occurring along the lower Liard River .
A reconnaissance soil survey was carried out by Day (1966, 1968) along
the Upper Mackenzie River and the Liard River Valley .
These two
reports provided detailed descriptions of soils and a soil map of an
approximately 6,540,700 acre area along these two rivers .
In the
summer of 1971 Lavkulich (1971) carried out soil, vegetation and
landform studies in the Fort Simpson area in cooperation with
Dr . J .S . Rowe of the University of Saskatchewan, Dr . D .S . Lacate of
the University of British Columbia and Dr . N .W . Rutter of the
Geological Survey of Canada .
Some soil information was provided by
Janz (1971) for the eastern part of the Mackenzie Delta along with a
vegetation study on selected sites . For the interpretation of
organic soils the work of Zoltai and Tarnocai (1971) and Tarnocai
(1970, 1972) was used . For the interpretation of cryoturbed subarctic
and arctic soils, Mackay's work (1958) and papers published
in the book "Soils of Eastern Siberia" edited by E .N . Ivanova,
were found to be most useful .