Geomorphology and sedimentology of the Holocene Slave River delta, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Vanderburgh, Sandy
• Other Authors: Smith, Derald G.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 1987
• Subjects: GB 428.5 C2 V36 1987a; Geomorphology - Slave River (Alta. and N.W.T.); Sedimentation and deposition - Slave River (Alta. and N.W.T.); Deltas - Northwest Territories; Geology - Slave River (Alta. and N.W.T.); Geology; Stratigraphic - Holocene; Alta; Northwest Territories; Great Slave Lake; Barrier Islands; Fort Smith; Buffalo River; Little Buffalo; Little Buffalo River; Tethul River; Slave River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/23891; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/20454

Bibliography: p. 65-68. The Slave River Delta (8,300 km2) is a long (170 km), narrow ( 42 km) alluvial plain which extends north from the Slave River Rapids at Fort Smith to the Great Slave Lake. The delta plain is flanked by the Talston River, Tethul River and Canadian Shield to the east and Little...