The chemistry, mineralogy, and rates of transport of sediments in the ...
The chemistry, mineralogy, and rates of transport of sediments in the ...
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TABLE 8 .<br />
Mean annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>transport</strong> <strong>of</strong> particulate carbon (PC) <strong>in</strong> suspended<br />
<strong>sediments</strong> <strong>in</strong> selectod Mackenzie <strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds, 1971-73 .<br />
Co = organic carbon, C,-,1 = <strong>in</strong>organic carbon, 15T? = total annual moles <strong>of</strong><br />
dissolved HC03 .<br />
River 109 Moles PCa yr -1 *10 3 Moles yz~w<br />
km- 2 yr-1<br />
PCo /PC<strong>in</strong><br />
TCa fffC a<br />
GROUP 1<br />
Arctic Red . 4 .42 292 2 .53 0.076<br />
Peel 11 .0 158 2 .05 0.039<br />
Mackenzie (Norman Wells) 226 144 0 .654 0.085<br />
Liard (Ft . Liard) 17 .1 77 .1 0 .353 0.022<br />
Liard (Ft . Simpson) 24 .9 100 0 .401 0.029<br />
South Nahanni (Clausen Creelb 7 .04 211 0 .050<br />
South Nahanni (Virg<strong>in</strong>ia Falls) 1 .34 91 .8 1 .80 0 .019<br />
GROUP 2<br />
Willowlake 0 .251 11 .7 9 .62 0 .014<br />
Mart<strong>in</strong> 0 .045 22 .6 3 .01 0 .026<br />
Harris 0 .001 1 .68 17 .5 0.008<br />
Caribou Bar 0 .006 16 .8 0 .200 0 .017<br />
GROUP 3<br />
Mackenzie (Ft . Providence) 7 .81 8 .05 0.457 0 .008<br />
Trout 0 .106 11 .7 0.283 0 .012<br />
Great Bear 1 .07 7 .34 0 .178 0 .011