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Table 1. Principal factors influencing the sedimentary record of Taconite Inlet lakes
1. Weather and climate
- Snowfall total amount, distribution
- Snowmelt rate (especially maximum) & duration: f{radiation, temperature}
- Glacier melt rate (especially maximum) & duration: f{radiation, temperature}
- Rainfall timing, rate, amount
2. Within-Watershed processes
- Discharge: f{snowmelt rate, rainfall rate, active layer melt rate, gradient}
- Sediment flux (stream channels): f{sediment availablity, discharge}
- Sediment flux (slopes): f{slopewash,slope stability,gelifluction}
- Primary productivity (land): f{climate, light, nutrients, substrate stability}
- Primary productivity (lake): f{temperature, light, nutrients, ice cover}
3. Within-Lake processes
- Sediment dispersal: f{discharge, water stratification, ice conditions,
outflow rate, lake circulation, wind speed}
- Sediment re-deposition: f{slope stability, bioturbation}
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