The chemistry, mineralogy, and rates of transport of sediments in the ...
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TABLE 16 . A comparison <strong>of</strong> annual <strong>rates</strong> <strong>of</strong> sediment <strong>transport</strong> <strong>in</strong> large <strong>and</strong><br />
small Mackenzie <strong>and</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e River watersheds with o<strong>the</strong>r Arctic,<br />
Subarctic <strong>and</strong> Temperate Zone watersheds . Ad - watershed area <strong>in</strong><br />
km 2 , Q a - annual discharge <strong>in</strong> m3 yr- 1, SSw = annual sediment<br />
<strong>transport</strong> per unit watershed area <strong>in</strong> metric tons km -2 yr-1 . .<br />
I<br />
River Ad Q A<br />
SSw Reference<br />
(km2 ) (m 3 vr-1 ) (metric tons<br />
km- 2 yr" 1)<br />
Yukon, Alaska 955 x 10 3 173 x 109 1n3 Mat<strong>the</strong>ws, 1973<br />
Colville, Alaska 50 x 10 3 16 x In 9 15n Arnborg et al ., 1966, 1967<br />
Chena River, Alaska 5 .1 x 1n 3 -1 .7 x 1n 9 17 Prey et al ., 1970<br />
Mississippi 3 .2 x 10 6 563 x <strong>in</strong>9 85 Ritter, 1967<br />
Colorado 357 x 10 3 -- 378' Ritter, 1967<br />
St . Lawrence 936 x 10 3 315 x 10 9 0 .64 D'Anglejan <strong>and</strong> Smith, 1973<br />
Columbia 265 x 10 3 -- 35 Ritter, 1967<br />
Large Rivers <strong>in</strong><br />
Mackenzie Valley,<br />
Group 1 <strong>in</strong> Table 1 14-1570 x to 3 4-285 x 1n9<br />
36-126 This study<br />
Mackenzie & Peel 1 .-69 x 1n~ 313 x 109 68 This study<br />
Char Lake streams,<br />
Cornwallis Is ., N .W .T . 3 .5 49 x 10 4<br />
,5 .5 de March, 1974, 1975<br />
Hubbard Brook (W6) 0 .13 1n0 1 .n 3 2 .5 Aormann et al ., 1969<br />
Small Rivers <strong>in</strong> Mackenzie<br />
Valley, Croup 2 i n<br />
Table 1<br />
0.4-21 x<br />
W ,<br />
10 3 17-20no x 10 6 0 .17 - 11 .5 This study