The Mackenzie Delta: sedimentary processes and facies of a high‐latitude, fine‐grained delta

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Hill, Philip R., Lewis, C. Peter, Desmarais, Simon, Kauppaymuthoo, Vassen, Rais, Hasna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Sea ice; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00408.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-3091.2001.00408.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00408.x

The Mackenzie Delta is a large fine‐grained delta deposited in a cold arctic setting. The delta has been constructed upon a flooding surface developed on a previous shelf‐phase delta. There are three principal depositional zones: the subaerial delta plain, the distributary channel mouth region and t...