Streamflow and Suspended Sediment Transfer to Lake Sophia, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada

• Main Authors: Braun, Carsten, Hardy, Douglas R., Bradley, Raymond S., Retelle, Michael J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SelectedWorks 2000
• Subjects: lake sediments; biogeochemistry; Earth Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Cornwallis; Cornwallis Island; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://works.bepress.com/raymond_bradley/59; https://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1117&context=raymond_bradley

To ascertain the climatic controls on sediment transport to Lake Sophia, Comwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, we made detailed hydrological and meteorological measurements in the Sophia River watershed through the 1994 melt season. Streamflow and suspended sediment transport are limited, on an annual...