The chemistry, mineralogy, and rates of transport of sediments in the ...

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TABLE 2a . Slopes ') and inte cepts (a), of the regression lines
in Fig . 1, SS,~ - , relating suspended sediment
concentrations (SSi) to discharge (Qi) . Also given
are the levels of significance of the slopes (a) and
the correlation coefficient (r) for each line .
River a b r 1-a (%)
GROUP 1
N
Arctic Red
0 .03 - 1 .55 0 .92 99 .9
Peel 0 .006 1 .38 0 .87 99 .9
Mackenzie (Norman Wells) 0 .0000003 2 .12 0 .85 99 .9
Liard (Ft . Liard) 0 .04 1 .03 0 .81 99 .5
Liard (Ft . Simpson) : 0 .000006 2 .05 0 .91 99 .9
South Nahanni (Clausen Creek) 0 .0001 2 .17 0 .97 95 .0
South Nahanni (Virginia Falls) 0 .01 1 .40 0 .94 99 .9
GROUP 2
Will owlake
0 .52 0 .60 0 .64 97 .5
Martin 4 .54 0 .44 0 .62 99 .5
Harris 1 .86 0 .30 0 .54 97 .5
Caribou Bar 1 .45 0 .94 0 .89 99 .9
GROUP 3 4--
Mackenzie (Ft . Providence) 0 .008 0 .78 0 .48 90 .0
0 .03 1 .14 0 .98 97 .5
Trout (at Highway)
Great Bear
(Not significant)