Climatic controls on streamflow and suspended sediment transport in three large middle arctic catchments, Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-315

  Forbes, Andrew C ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24744440328     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0304:CCOSAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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