Continuous, diurnally fluctuating turbidity currents in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1123-1138

  Crookshanks, Sarah ^a,b   Gilbert, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LAMINATING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS; TURBIDITY;

COLUMN PROFILES; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CURRENT VELOCITIES; DIURNAL RANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITIES; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; MAXIMUM VELOCITIES; MULTIPLE SCALES; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS; PEAK FLOWS; RIVER DISCHARGES; RIVER MONITORING; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; TURBIDITY;

CANADA; KLUANE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 57649165706     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-058     Document Type: Article

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