Unusual Weather and River Bank Erosion in the Delta of the Colville River, Alaska

Auteurs-es

  • H.J. Walker
  • H.M. Morgan

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3483

Mots-clés :

River banks, Stream erosion

Résumé

Reports correlation between weather conditions and erosion observed in this arctic coastal area in 1961. The summer's unusually high temperatures and precipitation, also strong and frequent west winds caused greater-than-normal flooding and collapse of river banks.

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Publié-e

1964-01-01

Numéro

Vol. 17 No. 1 (1964): March: 1–64

Rubrique

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