Suspended sediment and erosion dynamics in Kugmallit Bay and Beaufort Sea during ice-free conditions

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 794-809

  Walker, Tony R ^a   Grant, Jon ^a   Cranford, Peter ^b   Lintern, D Gwyn ^c   Hill, Paul ^a   Jarvis, Peter ^a   Barrell, Jeffrey ^a   Nozais, Christian ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Kugmallit Bay; Mackenzie Delta; Resuspension; Sediment erosion rates; Sedimentation; Settling rates; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ICE; METALLURGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RANGE FINDING; RIVERS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SHEAR STRESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BEAUFORT SEA; KUGMALLIT BAY; MACKENZIE DELTA; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT EROSION RATES; SETTLING RATES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

SEDIMENTATION;

EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BEAUFORT SHELF; CANADA; KUGMALLIT BAY; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 55649115316     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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