A RE-EXAMINATION AND RE-INTERPRETATION OF TIDE GAUGE DATA FOR CHURCHILL, MANITOBA

Tide gauge data from Churchill, Manitoba, for the period 1928–1939 are reviewed and rejected as inaccurate. The rate of uplift proposed by Gutenberg on the basis of these data therefore is rejected also. Data from 1940 to 1964 are subjected to statistical analysis, which indicates an apparent loweri...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Barnett, D.M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1966
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Churchill
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e66-006
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e66-006
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Summary:Tide gauge data from Churchill, Manitoba, for the period 1928–1939 are reviewed and rejected as inaccurate. The rate of uplift proposed by Gutenberg on the basis of these data therefore is rejected also. Data from 1940 to 1964 are subjected to statistical analysis, which indicates an apparent lowering trend of water level. Linear regression suggests a rate of 2 ft per century.

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