Suspended Sediment Character and Distribution in McBeth Fiord, Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Winters, G.V., Syvitski, J.P.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Bottom sediments; Fjords; Oceanography; Sedimentation; Suspended solids; Water masses; Winds; McBeth Fiord; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Island; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64425

Sediment concentration, particle-particle morphology and size data are used to identify the processes that control the distribution and dynamics of suspended sediment during the open water season in the McBeth Fiord, Baffin Island. Dominant processes include hemipelagic sedimentation below river plu...