The segmenting of gravel-bed rivers into 'sedimentary links', characterized by single-sediment sources and downstream fining of alluvial sediments, is a relatively new technique which has had limited application. The sedimentary link concept has been primarily applied to alpine river environments where link formations are supplied by coarse sediment from active point sources. The purpose of this study is to apply the sedimentary link concept on the Ste Marguerite River in the Saguenay region of the Canadian Shield, where valley-segment deposits of coarse sediment from ancient glacial processes are dominant in forming links. / Specifically, this study examines link-scale trends in surface grain size and channel slope. This study also uses the sedimentary link concept within an ecological context to explain the spatial organization and quality of Atlantic salmon spawning and rearing habitat. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.82215 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Davey, Chad E. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Geography.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002210405, proquestno: AAIMR12426, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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