Environmental assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. Volume XVI. Hazards. Annual report, 1 April 1976--31 March 1977
Reports containing baseline studies are compiled in this annual report. They are intended to serve as markers or as points of departure from which to assess the potential environmental impact that might result from resources development on the Alaskan Continental Shelf. This compilation contains the following studies: Coastal morphology, sedimentation and oil spill vulnerability; The interaction of oil with sea ice in the Arctic Ocean; Dynamics of near-shore ice; The environmental geology and geomorphology of the Gulf of Alaska coastal plain and the coastal zone of Kotzebue Sound; Delineation and engineering characteristics of permafrost beneath the Beaufort Sea; and Offshore permafrost studies, Beaufort Sea. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
- Research Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO (USA). Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program; Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6590330
- Report Number(s):
- PB-279112
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALASKA
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL WATERS
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGY
GEOMORPHOLOGY
ICE
INDUSTRY
NORTH AMERICA
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
PERMAFROST
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
SEDIMENTATION
SURFACE WATERS
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS
USA