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The rate of silt accumulation in the lower Peel River, Northwest Territories. 1973. Strang, R.M. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3(3): 457-458.

Year: 1973

Available from: Northern Forestry Centre

Catalog ID: 30254

Language: English

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Abstract

Estimates of the rates of silt accumulation in the lower Peel River were derived from excavated root systems of white spruce and from radiocarbon dating of buried detritus. They indicate that average annual accumulation is of the order of 1 cm.