Energy, Mines, and Resources

Steve Israel

Project Geologist

Steve has been working as a project geologist with the Yukon Geological Survey since 2004. His expertise is mainly in the areas of structural geology and tectonics, with several years experience in regional bedrock mapping. His most recent project has been focused on the tectonic, structural and stratigraphic setting of Wrangellia in southwest Yukon and the mineral potential of the Kluane Ranges. Other projects have included examining the structural controls on porphyry and vein-type mineral deposits (southwestern British Columbia and Yukon) and large-scale orogenic processes in active arc settings (west-central British Columbia).
He received his B.Sc. from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.

Israel, S., and Cobbett, R., 2008, Kluane Ranges bedrock geology, White River area (Parts of NTS 115F/9, 15 and 16; 115G/12 and 115K/1, 2), in Emond, D. S., Blackburn, L. R., and Weston, L. H., eds., Yukon Exploration and Geology 2007, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 16.

Israel, S., Cobbett, R., and Fozard, C., 2007, Bedrock geology of the Miles Ridge area, Yukon (parts of NTS 115F/15, 16 and 115K/1, 2) (1:50,000 scale): Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2007-7.Israel, S., Cobbett, R., and Fozard, C., 2007, Bedrock geology of the Koidern River area, Yukon (parts of NTS 115F/9, 15, 16 and 115G/12) (1:50,000 scale): Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2007-8.

Israel, S., Kennedy, L. A., Schiarizza, P., Friedman, R. M., and Villeneuve, M. E., 2006, Evidence for Early to Late Cretaceous, sinistral deformation in the Tchaikazan River area, southwestern British Columbia: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the southern Coast Belt, in Haggart, J., Enkin, R., and Monger, J. W. H., eds., Paleogeography of the western North American Cordillera, Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 46, p. 331-350.

Israel, S., and van der Heyden, P., 2006, Geology, Atnarko (93C/05), British Columbia: Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5389, scale 1:50,000.

Israel, S., van der Heyden, P., Haggart, J., and Woodsworth, G. J., 2006, Geology, Junker Lake and part of Knot Lakes (93C/04 and 92N/13), British Columbia: Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5388, scale 1:50,000.

Mortensen, J.K. and Israel, S., 2006. Is the Windy-McKinley terrane a displaced fragment of Wrangellia? Evidence from new geological, geochemical and geochronological studies in western Yukon. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 38, No. 5, Abstract 43-10.

Israel, S., Tizzard, A., and Major, J., 2006. Bedrock geology of the Duke River area, parts of NTS 115G/2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, southwestern Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, G.D. Bradshaw, L.L. Lewis and L.H. Weston (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 139-154.

Israel, S., Tizzard, A., and Major, J., 2005. Geological map of the Duke River area (parts of NTS 115G/2,3,5,6,7) Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2005-11.

Israel, S., and Van Zeyl, D., 2005. Preliminary geology of the Quill Creek map area, southwest Yukon, Parts of NTS 115G/5,6,12. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 129-146.

Israel, S., 2005. Prolonged deformation within a long-lived magmatic arc at the boundary between the Insular and Intermontane superterranes, west-central British Columbia. In: Program with abstracts, Cordilleran tectonics workshop 2005, M. Colpron (ed.), Whitehorse, Yukon.

Greene, A.R., Scoates, J.S., Weiss, D., and Israel, S., 2005. Flood basalts of the Wrangellia Terrane, Southwest Yukon: Implications for the formation of oceanic plateaus, continental crust and Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 109-120.
Israel, S., and Van Zeyl, D., 2004. Preliminary geological map of the Quill Creek area, (parts of NTS 115G/5,6,12), southwest Yukon (1:50 000 scale). Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2004-20

Israel, S. (comp), 2004. Geology of southwest Yukon. Yukon Geological Survey, Open File 2004-16, 1:250 000 scale.