Variations in grain-size distribution of suspended sediment in a glacial meltwater stream, Austre Okstindbreen, Norway

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Karlsen, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Norway; austre Okstindbreen; Okstindbreen; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000042866; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000042866

Abstract Thirty-nine samples of suspended sediment from the meltwater stream of Austre Okstindbreen, Norway, were analysed using both moments and parameters of the hyperbolic distribution. The samples turned out to be non-normally distributed. No direct correlation was found between discharge and gr...