Bed sediment sources and mixing in the glacierized upper Fraser River watershed, east-central British Columbia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-552

  Dirszowsky, Randy W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed sediment sources; Climate change; Fraser River; Glacier cover; Tributary mixing

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; ICE; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS;

LITHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION; STREAM BED MATERIALS;

SEDIMENTS;

BEDLOAD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MIXING; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442643731     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1044     Document Type: Article

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