Changing sediment supply in Arctic rivers

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 391-397

  Overeem, Irina ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Extreme events; Modelling; Rivers; Scaling; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEANS; ARCTIC RIVERS; ARCTIC WARMING; ATLANTIC OCEANS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DATA SETS; DRAINAGE AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; EXTREME EVENTS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MACKENZIE RIVER BASINS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODELLING; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SCALING; SEDIMENT FLUXES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SUPPLIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUXES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS;

DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISCHARGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MODELING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SIGNALING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WARMING;

ARCTIC; AUSTRALASIA; MACKENZIE BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 62749194587     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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