CentralBeaufort_shorelines.shp - Shorelines for the northern Alaska coastal region used in shoreline change analysis, 1947 to 2007

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2015
• Subjects: Shoreline; Shoreline Change Rate; Endpoint Rate; Digital Shoreline Analysis System; DSAS; U.S. Geological Survey; USGS; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; CMGP; National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project; Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center; PCMSC; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA; Coastal Services Center; CSC; oceans; environment; geoscientificInformation; effects of coastal change; coastal processes; shoreline accretion; shoreline erosion; erosion; North Slope; Beaufort Sea; Barrow; Demarcation Bay; Jago River; Staines River; Sagavanirktok River; Colville River; Cape Halkett; Harrison Bay; Drew Point; Tangent Point; Smith Bay; Elson Lagoon; Peard Bay; Alaska; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; United States; Arctic; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; NPR-A; ANWR; Pacific; north slope
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/96e415d9-192e-49b9-a52a-84918fd37c96

The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities, and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the north coast of Alaska is chronic, widespread, may be accelera...