Mount Olive (Canadian Rockies)
Geology
The peak 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, it 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
Further reading
- Birrell, Dave (2000). 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-921102-65-6. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
References
- ^ "Mount Olive". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "Mount Olive". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "Mount Olive (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Mount Olive". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
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