Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, climate change, hydrology, sediment, environmental change, nutrient levels
| Principal Investigator: | Marsh, Philip (37) |
| Licence Number: | 12346 |
| Organization: | National Hydrology Research Institute |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
1991
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | C. Onclin, L. Lesack plus two field assistants |
Objective(s): To determine rates of lake sedimentation by dating sediment cores obtained from a series of typical lakes along transects; to determine the processes controlling the hydrologic regime of delta lakes; to develop models to predict lake levels under natural and altered regimes, including climate change and hydroelectric development.
Project Description: This long-term, ongoing study is aimed at understanding the factors controlling water levels and the availability of nutrients in a variety of lakes in the Mackenzie Delta. This work will allow us to better understand the natural Mackenzie Delta ecosystem, and to make better predictions of the effect of environmental change on the Delta. Cores of sediment will be collected from lake bottoms to determine how much sediment has been deposited over the last 30 years.
