The production of silt on the cryoplanation terraces of the Richardson Mountains, Canada;La production de limon sur des terrasses de cryoplanation dans les monts Richardson, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1645-1654

  Lamirande, I ^a   Lauriol, B ^a   Lalonde, A E ^a   Clark, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; PLANATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SILT; WEATHERING;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0033504575     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-36-10-1645     Document Type: Article

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