An Analysis Comparing and Contrasting North American and Siberian Arctic Deltas, Related Shelf Troughs, Seavalleys, and Abyssal Fan Deltas.

• Main Author: Dunlap, Clarke
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 1990
• Subjects: Physical geography; Hydrology; Geology; Arctic; Yenisey; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/78; https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.78

Multivariate statistical methodologies are used to compare and contrast 11 arctic river delta systems with 30 other delta systems from climatically diverse environments. The results indicate that: (1) arctic rivers and their deltas are systemically unique and cluster hierarchically; (2) arctic delta...