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Dynamics of sediment-laden underflows passing over a subaqueous sill: glacier-fed Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada.
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Sedimentology . Oct96, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p865. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- The dynamic behaviour of sediment-laden underflows was examined in Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada, which contains a midlake sill 7 m high. Sediment-laden underflows are driven by the downslope component of negative buoyant gravity multiplied by the current's thickness. Our measurements of wind, lake currents and water properties indicate that underflows pass over the sill due, to the active storage of turbid suspension near the bottom in the deepest proximal region. Sill overflows occurred only when a hydrological threshold of the inflowing river was exceeded, causing quasicontinuous underflow and associated sedimentation in the distal region of the lake basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SEDIMENTS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00370746
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sedimentology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10027167
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01507.x