The fluvial morphodynamics of two small permafrost drainage basins, Richardson Mountains, Northwestern Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Priesnitz, Kuno, Schunke, Ekkehard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Canada; Richardson Mountains; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.424; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.424; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.424

Abstract Based on hydrological fieldwork in the tundra of northwestern Canada during the springs of 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1994 and the summers of 1998, 1999, and 2000 the paper deals with the fluvial processes induced by spring snowmelt and by summer rainfall in two small stream valleys. At the end...