DYNAMICS OF FUNCTIONAL LAKE-TO-CHANNEL CONNECTIVITY IN ARCTIC AND BOREAL DELTAS

• Main Author: Dolan, Wayana
• Other Authors: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Eidam, Emily, Gleason, Colin, Plenge, Megan, Rodriguez, Antonio
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School 2023
• Subjects: Peace-Athabasca Delta; Photomineralization; Functional Connectivity; Remote sensing; Hydrology; Mackenzie Delta; Landsat; Hydrologic sciences; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Canada; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/xgxj-ez10; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/gb19fh34p?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/gb19fh34p

Lakes in arctic and boreal deltas frequently act as water and sediment traps, delaying the movement of riverine materials to the coastal ocean (coastal deltas) or other waterbodies (inland deltas). The ease with which high sediment water is transported from deltaic distributary channels into deltaic...