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| | Arctic: prevalence of freshwater flocculation in cold regions: a case study from the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The Mackenzie River Delta (MRD) is used as a case study for evaluating the extent to which flocculation may play an important role in the transport of sediment and associated contaminants in arctic regions. |
 | | Freshwater fluvial sediment studies in arctic climates have focused primarily on delta-building through sedimentation and erosion (Rosenberg and Barton, 1986; Lewis, 1991), contaminants, sediment budgets, and sediment transport (e.g., Gilbert, 1980; Mackiewicz et al., 1984; Ferguson and Marsh, 1991; Jenner and Hill, 1991; Yunker et al., 1993, 1995; Yunker and MacDonald, 1995). |
 | | This stability likely reflects the influence of permafrost in armouring the river banks against significant erosion and suggests that the significant suspended sediment loads of the MRD owe their origin to southern regions of the Mackenzie River and not to the MRD itself. |
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