Streamflow input to Lake Athabasca, Canada

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1681-1691

  Rasouli, K ^a   Hernandez Henriquez M A ^b   Dery S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE AREA; ECOLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; NORTHERN CANADA; PEACE-ATHABASCA DELTAS; STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

INFLOW; LAKE LEVEL; OIL SAND; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SEDIMENT CORE; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; UNESCO;

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

EID: 84879116920     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1681-2013     Document Type: Article

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