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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/9534| Title: | Grounded ice in the fast ice zone along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska |
| Authors: | United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Kovacs, Austin. |
| Keywords: | Beaufort Sea Drift Grounded ice Harrison Bay, Alaska Ice Ice islands Ice reporting Motion Pack ice Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Roughness Sea ice Stranded sea ice Thickness |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 76-32. |
| Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: Four large grounded multi-year shear ridge formations were found in the grounded ice subzone of the fast ice zone near the Harrison Bay/Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska. A 166-m-long cross section of one of these formations was obtained by leveling and sonar measurements. These measurements revealed that the maximum ridge height was 12.6 m and that the formation was grounded in 17-18 m of water. The salinity, temperature, brine volume and density of the ice were determined on samples obtained by coring. The physical characteristics of the formations as observed in satellite, SLAR and aerial imagery indicate that these formations have not moved between the time of their formation in the fall of 1974 and August of 1976. Evidence of significant aeolian debris discoloring the ice is discussed. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9534 |
| Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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| CR-76-32.pdf | 5.96 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |