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title = "Bi-directional hydrological changes in perched basins of the Athabasca Delta (Canada) in recent decades caused by natural processes",
author = "Kay, Mitchell L. and
Wiklund, Johan A. and
Remmer, Casey R. and
Neary, Laura and
Brown, Kathleen C. and
Ghosh, Abhishek and
MacDonald, Erin and
Thomson, K.P.B. and
Vucic, Jasmina M. and
Wesenberg, Katherine and
Hall, Roland I. and
Wolfe, Brent B.",
journal = "Environmental Research Communications, Volume 1, Issue 8",
volume = "1",
number = "8",
year = "2019",
publisher = "IOP Publishing",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-81001",
doi = "10.1088/2515-7620/ab37e7",
pages = "081001",
abstract = "[1] Previous studies of river hydrometric records and Indigenous Knowledge holders claim that flood-induced recharge of ecologically important perched basins decreased across the Peace-Athabasca Delta after 1968 due mainly to hydroelectric regulation of Peace River flow. Natural deltaic processes and climate are acknowledged as additional, lesser contributors, but are challenging to evaluate. We use sediment records spanning ∼115 years from nine perched basins across the Athabasca Delta to test if unidirectional drying coincides with river regulation. Results show bi-directional hydrological changes since the early 1980s, not 1968, to reduced flooding in areas east of the Embarras River confluence with Cree/Mamawi creeks and increased flooding northward along the Cree/Mamawi distributary. The timing and pattern pinpoint the 1982 Embarras Breakthrough, a natural avulsion that diverted flow northward and away from the Athabasca Delta terminus, as the principal cause. The results demonstrate the need to factor natural deltaic processes into impending decisions on the delta{'}s UNESCO World Heritage status and implementation of a federal Action Plan to mitigate widespread drying.",
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%T Bi-directional hydrological changes in perched basins of the Athabasca Delta (Canada) in recent decades caused by natural processes
%A Kay, Mitchell L.
%A Wiklund, Johan A.
%A Remmer, Casey R.
%A Neary, Laura
%A Brown, Kathleen C.
%A Ghosh, Abhishek
%A MacDonald, Erin
%A Thomson, K. P. B.
%A Vucic, Jasmina M.
%A Wesenberg, Katherine
%A Hall, Roland I.
%A Wolfe, Brent B.
%J Environmental Research Communications, Volume 1, Issue 8
%D 2019
%V 1
%N 8
%I IOP Publishing
%F Kay-2019-Bi-directional
%X [1] Previous studies of river hydrometric records and Indigenous Knowledge holders claim that flood-induced recharge of ecologically important perched basins decreased across the Peace-Athabasca Delta after 1968 due mainly to hydroelectric regulation of Peace River flow. Natural deltaic processes and climate are acknowledged as additional, lesser contributors, but are challenging to evaluate. We use sediment records spanning ∼115 years from nine perched basins across the Athabasca Delta to test if unidirectional drying coincides with river regulation. Results show bi-directional hydrological changes since the early 1980s, not 1968, to reduced flooding in areas east of the Embarras River confluence with Cree/Mamawi creeks and increased flooding northward along the Cree/Mamawi distributary. The timing and pattern pinpoint the 1982 Embarras Breakthrough, a natural avulsion that diverted flow northward and away from the Athabasca Delta terminus, as the principal cause. The results demonstrate the need to factor natural deltaic processes into impending decisions on the delta’s UNESCO World Heritage status and implementation of a federal Action Plan to mitigate widespread drying.
%R 10.1088/2515-7620/ab37e7
%U https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-81001
%U https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab37e7
%P 081001
Markdown (Informal)
[Bi-directional hydrological changes in perched basins of the Athabasca Delta (Canada) in recent decades caused by natural processes](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G19-81001) (Kay et al., GWF 2019)
ACL
- Mitchell L. Kay, Johan A. Wiklund, Casey R. Remmer, Laura Neary, Kathleen C. Brown, Abhishek Ghosh, Erin MacDonald, K.P.B. Thomson, Jasmina M. Vucic, Katherine Wesenberg, Roland I. Hall, and Brent B. Wolfe. 2019. Bi-directional hydrological changes in perched basins of the Athabasca Delta (Canada) in recent decades caused by natural processes. Environmental Research Communications, Volume 1, Issue 8, 1(8):081001.
