Flocculation: A key process in the sediment flux of a large, glacier-fed lake

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1151-1163

  Hodder, Kyle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Glacier fed lake; Sediment flux; Settling; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULK DENSITY; FINE SEDIMENTS; FLUX RATES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KEY PROCESS; LAKE FLOORS; LAKE LEVELS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PROCESS LINKING; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SETTLING; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GLACIERS; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FLOCCULATION; GLACIAL LAKE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LILLOOET LAKE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249214129     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1807     Document Type: Article

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