Mount Daly
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Daly is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Daly is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Daly". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Mount Daly". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Mount Daly (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 41.
- ^ Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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