Magnitude and sources of sediment input to the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, 1974-94

Arctic

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-124

  Carson, M A ^a   Jasper, J N ^b   Conly, P M ^b  

^a Environmental Data Interpretation   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mackenzie Delta; Rivers; Sediment loads

Indexed keywords

DELTA; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031853280     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1053     Document Type: Article

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