Dynamics of sediment-laden underflows passing over a subaqueous sill: Glacier-fed Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 865-875

  Chikita, Kazuhisa A ^a   Smith, Norman D ^b   Yonemitsu, Noboru ^c   Perez Arlucea, Marta ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBAQUEOUS SILL; UNDERFLOW;

CANADA, ALBERTA, PEYTO LAKE;

EID: 0030465740     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01507.x     Document Type: Article

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