Ice effects on flow distributions within the Athabasca Delta, Canada

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1149-1158

  Andrishak, R ^a   Hicks, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel networks; Hydraulic modelling; Peace Athabasca Delta; River ice; Water use impact

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE COVER; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW; STEADY FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA; LAKE ATHABASCA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTA;

EID: 80055104784     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1414     Document Type: Article

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