Ice regime of the lower Peace River and ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4009-4029

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^b   Carter, Tom ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Climate; Delta; Flood; Ice jam; Mechanical; Regulation; River; Thermal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; ICE; RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATIC PATTERN; ICE JAM; ICE REGIME; RIVER FLOW;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; ICE BREAKUP; RIVER FLOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

ANATIDAE; BISON BISON; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS;

EID: 33645466737     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6417     Document Type: Article

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