Reconstruction of multi-century flood histories from oxbow lake sediments, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4131-4153

  Wolfe, Brent B ^a,b   Hall, Roland I ^b   Last, William M ^c   Edwards, Thomas W D ^b   English, Michael C ^a   Karst Riddoch, Tammy L ^b   Peterson, Andrew ^b   Palmini, Roger ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delta; Flood reconstruction; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleolimnology; Peace River; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; ICE; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOOD RECONSTRUCTION; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ICE-JAMS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OXBOW LAKE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE RIVER [CANADA]; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

EID: 33845742151     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6423     Document Type: Article

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