Principal Investigator:Lesack, Lance Licensed Year(s):20172016201520142010
2009
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The goals of this research are to examine: 1) measurements of water depths and lake depths for selected area of the Mackenzie Delta; 2) changes in lake flooding and historical lake boundaries in the Mackenzie Delta.
Specific activities for this field season include the following:
(1) Improved information on the detailed topography of the Mackenzie Delta floodplain and how delta water levels a...
Principal Investigator:Lesack, Lance Licensed Year(s):2008
2007
Summary:
The Arctic Ocean receives much higher river inflows than other ocean basins and this has major implications for sea-ice formation, for nutrient supply to the base of aquatic marine foodwebs, and for optical properties of ice-free areas and ice-pack margins via fluxes of dissolved organic matter and riverine particles. The Beaufort Shelf is strongly influenced by Mackenzie River outflows. However, ...