Spring ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Evidence of a climatic oscillation

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-483

  Timoney, Kevin ^a   Peterson, George ^a   Fargey, Pat ^a   Peterson, Murray ^a   McCanny, Steve ^b   Wein, Ross ^c  

^a Wood Buffalo National Park   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; ICE JAM;

CANADA, ALBERTA, PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

EID: 0030616429     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005394031390     Document Type: Article

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