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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/7516| Title: | Engineering studies in support of Delong Mountain Terminal Project |
| Authors: | Jensen, Robert E. Scheffner, Norman W. Smith, S. Jarrell Webb, Dennis W. Ebersole, Bruce A. |
| Keywords: | Alaska Channel infilling Chukchi Sea Navigation Navigation channel Nearshore currents Port Sedimentation Wave climate Wave generation Wave transformation |
| Publisher: | Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | ERDC/CHL TR ; 02-26. |
| Description: | Technical report The U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, conducted a study to investigate the feasibility of constructing an improved zinc-concentrate loading facility at the Delong Mountain Terminal, which is located on the Alaskan coast of the Chukchi Sea. The new facility, along with a deep-draft navigation channel and turning basin, would facilitate direct loading of ocean-going vessels, replacing the system of lightering barges that are now used. Engineering studies done to support the Alaska District included the following: characterization of the wave climate at the site based on field measurements and a 16-year wave hindcast; characterization of current conditions at the site based on measurements of the vertical current structure and model simulations of wind-driven circulation at the site; estimates of navigation channel infilling that might be expected; and ship simulator studies that were to investigate the navigability of the proposed entrance channel and turning basin, including identification of tug requirements. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/7516 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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| CHL-TR-02-26.pdf | 25.5 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |