Field studies of ice breakup and jamming in lower Peace River, Canada

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 102-114

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Carter, Tom ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Delta; Ecosystem; Flood; Ice jam; River; Wave

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; JAMMING; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; RIVERS;

AQUATIC LIVES; BREAKUP; BREAKUP PATTERNS; CHANGING CLIMATES; DELTA; ENHANCED GROWTHS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD STUDIES; FREEZE-UP; ICE BREAK-UP; ICE COVERS; ICE DECAYS; ICE JAM; ICE LAYERS; LIMITED DATUM; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTAS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; ICE LAKE; ICE THICKNESS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WAVE GENERATION;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE RIVER ARCH;

EID: 62949092716     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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