Energy, Mines, and Resources

Charlie Roots

GSC Research Scientist

Charlie Roots, a Natural Resources Canada regional mapping geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), is co-located with the Yukon Geological Survey (YGS). He typically spends part of the summer on rock study in the bush and mountains, the following autumn preparing interim maps, the winter working toward publication of regional bedrock geology, and the spring planning further fieldwork. He collaborates with others of the YGS in office projects such as Yukon-Tanana stratigraphic correlation, and on GSC programs.
Charlie’s major projects in the last decade include the bedrock geology of Mayo area (DIAND Bulletin 7) and maps of the Lansing area and southwestern Wolf Lake areas (east of Mayo and Teslin, respectively). "Geoscape Whitehorse" (GSC Miscellaneous Report 82) depicts for a non-technical audience the geological attributes of the Yukon’s capital city. Between 2006 and 2009 he worked with a crew from the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office on a regional mapping project in the Mackenzie Mountains.
Charlie first played in the St. Elias Mountains in 1966 and returned to work and climb there in 1977 and 1992. His MSc work addressed Cretaceous volcanism on Montana Mountain (south of Carcross), and his PhD concerned Proterozoic volcanic rocks in the western Ogilvie Mountains (GSC Bulletin 492). After earning degrees from Dartmouth College and Carleton University, he was employed by Anaconda Canada Exploration (now defunct), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and three offices of the GSC. Charlie joined the Canada/Yukon Geoscience Office in April, 1992 and remains as an integral part of Yukon Geological Survey team.
Publications
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