The chemistry, mineralogy, and rates of transport of sediments in the ...
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Mean annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> particulate<br />
carbon (PC) <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> <strong>in</strong> selected<br />
Mackenzie <strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds, 1971-<br />
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9 . Mean annual rate <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> particulate<br />
nitrogen (PN) <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
selected Mackenzie <strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds,<br />
1971-73 . 46<br />
10 . Mean annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> phosphorus<br />
(PP) <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> <strong>of</strong> selected Mackenzie<br />
<strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds, 1971-73, <strong>and</strong><br />
mole ratios <strong>of</strong> C, N <strong>and</strong> P <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> . 47<br />
11 . Slopes <strong>and</strong> significance <strong>of</strong> regressions <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> log <strong>of</strong> concentrations oC'PPL, PNi, <strong>and</strong> PCi<br />
(per unit volume <strong>of</strong> water) on log concentrations<br />
<strong>of</strong> suspended sediment (SSZ, mg 1 -1 ) for <strong>the</strong><br />
rivers <strong>and</strong> streams <strong>of</strong> Groups 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 . 48<br />
12 . Significance <strong>of</strong> regressions <strong>of</strong> annual <strong>transport</strong><br />
<strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> (SSW, <strong>in</strong> kg km -2<br />
yr -1),, PC B , PNW , PPw (<strong>in</strong> moles km' 2yr') on<br />
annual discharge (Qa , <strong>in</strong> m 3yr' 1 ) for available<br />
data on rivers <strong>of</strong> Groups 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 . 49<br />
13 . Results <strong>of</strong> multiple l<strong>in</strong>ear regression analyses<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relationsbips between <strong>the</strong> logs <strong>of</strong> mean<br />
(1971-73) annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> suspended<br />
<strong>sediments</strong> (SS a , <strong>in</strong> metric tons yr - ), PCa , PN a ,<br />
PPa (<strong>in</strong> metric tons yr-1 ), <strong>and</strong> logs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
variables : watershed area (Ad, <strong>in</strong> km 2 ), relief<br />
(SE, <strong>in</strong> km), river length (L, <strong>in</strong> km), mean annual<br />
daily temperature (T), mean annual precipitation<br />
(P, <strong>in</strong> mm), forest cover (F, <strong>in</strong> arbitrary rank),<br />
<strong>and</strong> surface geology (G, <strong>in</strong> arbitrary rank), for<br />
watersheds <strong>of</strong> Groups 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 . 50<br />
14 . dean concentrations <strong>of</strong> selected major <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong>or<br />
e lements . <strong>in</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong>, <strong>and</strong> mean annual<br />
rate <strong>of</strong>. <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se elements <strong>in</strong> particulate<br />
material from selected Mackenzie Valley watersheds . 51<br />
15 . Estimated mass <strong>of</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> (SSa, tons<br />
yr' 1 ), particulate carbon (P a ), particulate<br />
nitrogen (PRa ), <strong>and</strong> particulate phosphorus 07a, <strong>in</strong><br />
moles yr' 1 ) that reaches <strong>the</strong> Mackenzie Delta<br />
<strong>and</strong> Beaufort Sea from <strong>the</strong> Peel <strong>and</strong> Mackenzie<br />
Rivers . 52