An extreme sediment transfer event in a Canadian High Arctic stream

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-482

  Lewis, Ted ^a   Braun, Carsten ^a   Hardy, Douglas R ^a   Francus, Pierre ^a,b   Bradley, Raymond S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOWMELT;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28844436341     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0477:AESTEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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