Hydrology and geomorphology studies on the Slave River Delta, N.W.T.

Régions: South Slave Region

étiquettes: sediment chemistry, sediment, geomorphology, ground truth survey, delta floodplain

chercheur principal: English, Michael C (25)
Nᵒ de permis: 12790
Organisation: Cold Regions Research Centre
Année(s) de permis: 2000 1996 1995
Délivré: janv. 01, 1995
Équipe de projet: M. Stone, B. Hill, R. Ormson, S. Fassnacht

Objectif(s): The first objective involves groundtruthing landforms and channel forms which have significantly changed since 1977. The second objective is to collect sediment from different landforms to compare particle size distribution and chemistry with the river suspended sediment. Third, to sample suspended sediment and monitor discharge and determine gradient in the channels to produce a model for understanding the movement of sediment within the delta channels.

Description du projet: The researchers will examine three things. The first is areas of landform change since 1977. Landforms will be surveyed and sediment sampled in order to measure how much sand, silt and clay are in the deposits. Second, the researchers will analyze the sediment for different chemicals wihich originate from the Slave River and third, measure the elevations of channels along their entire length, measure discharge and sample the suspended sediment in the channels.