Reconstruction of past variation in lake water balance at upstream Smoky and Wabasca watersheds to improve understanding of causes of lake drying in the Peace-Athabasca Delta

• Main Author: Thibault, Hannah
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2023
• Subjects: lake water balance; climate; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Smoky and Wabasca watersheds; W.A.C. Bennett Dam; Wabasca
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/19106

Controversy persists regarding causes of recent lake-level drawdown within the internationally recognized Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), northern Alberta. Central to this debate are conflicting interpretations of causes of decline in Lower Peace River ice-jam flood frequency that has led to reduced fl...