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Spring 2014

French, Christopher M

The Mackenzie Delta is the second largest northern delta in the world. The water from the Delta entering the Beaufort Sea has a significant impact on its dynamics. Areas in the Delta were surveyed using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). The goals of this study were to characterize the...

1974

Outhet, David N.

Masters thesis. Analysis of time lapse photography in the field and from the air indicates that the shape of an eroding bank is positively correlated with the erosion process and the rate and character of erosion. Studies carried out in southern Mackenzie River Delta.

1975

Martell, Arthur Melvin.

Doctoral thesis. Study of the red-backed vole on Mackenzie Delta sites from 1971 to 1973.

1980

Savigny, K. Wayne.

Comprehensive, in-situ study of naturally occurring creep in ice-rich permafrost soil on a steep slope on the Great Bear River. A detailed surficial geology mapping along the Great Bear River was carried out in order to determine the most suitable field site. Coincidentally, the slope is situated...

1976

Dickinson, Dawn Maureen.

Masters thesis. Populations of the northern redbacked vole, Clethrionomys rutilus, were studied on seven islands in the upper Mackenzie River, and at two sites on adjacent mainland.

1985

Lingnau, B. E.

Report of study to provide qualitative and some quantitative observations of design and performance of Dempster Highway in Yukon and NWT 5 years after construction of its final phase (1979). Also suggests engineering recommendations and design improvements to alleviate problems arising from...

Fall 2012

Morley, Janelle KA

This study was part the Canadian International Polar Year (IPY) project entitled Study of Canadian Arctic River-delta Fluxes (IPY-SCARF), aimed at quantifying fluxes from the Mackenzie Delta channels towards the Beaufort Sea. The flow and water level data collected during the study period from...

Fall 2010

Bélanger, Maxime

The main objective of this study was to describe the overflow of freshwater onto the sea ice surface in the Mackenzie Delta and to investigate the hydraulic behaviour of the upwelling and strudel events. This study was performed from the analysis of data collected during field investigations,...

1976

Bennington, Edward Thomas.

Masters thesis. A study to examine the impact of participation in organized sport programs on the acculturative processes occuring among indigenous northern youth of the Mackenzie Delta, in particular the TEST ski program.

1980

Diamond, Miriam L.

Masters thesis. Breeding redpolls in Inuvik and Krekovick Landing, NWT were observed during the summers of 1977 and 1978.