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- People of the Delta. // Canadian Geographic;Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 127 Issue 4, p94
An introduction to the September/October issue is presented, including the anticipated gas-pipeline project at the Mackenzie Delta.
- People of the delta. Gregoire, Lisa // Canadian Geographic;Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 127 Issue 5, p42
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- Imperial focuses on Canadian-only pipeline. // Underground Construction;Oct2001, Vol. 56 Issue 10, p6
Focuses on the plan of Imperial Oil Ltd. to construct a single natural gas pipeline from the Mackenzie ? to Norman Sands to carry Canadian gas only. Companies that comprise the Canadian producers group; Analysis of the feasibility of the project; Plan of Imperial to give more focus on the Sable...
- DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND UTILIZATION OF WILD BERRIES BY THE GWICH'IN PEOPLE IN THE MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA REGION. Murray, Gordon; Boxall, Peter C.; Wein, Ross W. // Economic Botany;Summer2005, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p174
This paper examines the abundance and Aboriginal use of botanical non-timber forest products in the Gwich`in Settlement Area in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Informants indicated that wild berries are important to Gwich`in diets and an important factor in culture and traditional land use....
- The Eastern Limit of Beringia: Mammoth Remains from Banks and Melville Islands, Northwest Territories. Harington, C. R. // Arctic;Dec2005, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p361
Two mammoth fossils (presumably woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius) from northwestern Banks and southwestern Melville Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada, have been radiocarbon-dated to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), at 21 000 and 22 000 14CYBP, respectively. These fossils not only are...
- Storm surge devastated Arctic delta. // Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.);Jul2011, Vol. 83 Issue 7, p13
The article reports on the publication of research conducted by the Queen's and Carleton universities in Ontario which found that global climate change is having a negative impact on the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories.
- Cessation of ice-wedge development during the 20th century in spruce forests of eastern Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. Kokelj, S. V.; Pisaric, M. F.J.; Burn, C. R. // Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences;Nov2007, Vol. 44 Issue 11, p1503
Ice wedges are presently inactive in white spruce (Picea glauca) forests of eastern Mackenzie Delta as shown by the absence of vein ice above ice wedges, the maintenance of intact breaking cables, and the abundance of rootlets propagating across ridge�trough sequences. At spruce forest sites,...
- Patterns of hydrogen peroxide among lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, western Canadian Arctic. Febria, Catherine M.; Lesack, Lance F. W.; Gareis, Jolie A. L.; Bothwell, Max L. // Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences;Sep2006, Vol. 63 Issue 9, p2107
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in Mackenzie Delta lakes varies in composition and concentration, ranging from low concentrations and high colour in frequently flooded lakes to high concentrations in clear lakes that are infrequently flooded. DOC is a precursor to the photochemical production of...
- Morphology and genesis of deep scour holes in the Mackenzie Delta. Beltaos, Spyros; Carter, Tom; Prowse, Terry // Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering;Jun2011, Vol. 38 Issue 6, p638
A unique feature that has been detected in the course of past morphological studies of Mackenzie delta channels, and which is of particular concern to the design of pipeline crossings, is the frequent occurrence of very deep scour holes. A recent survey along East Channel revealed many...
