Marine Ice-Pushed Boulder Ridge
ABSTRACT. A steep-faced boulder ridge up to 4 m high by 300 m long was encountered along the arctic coast east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the summer of 1979. Marine occurrences of similar ridges are rare. Since ice-push sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material in the construction of a ridge, recent...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.472.6872 2023-05-15T14:18:39+02:00 Marine Ice-Pushed Boulder Ridge Beaufort Sea Alaska Peter W. Barnes The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.472.6872 http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/2330/2307/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.472.6872 http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/2330/2307/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/2330/2307/ text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T07:23:21Z ABSTRACT. A steep-faced boulder ridge up to 4 m high by 300 m long was encountered along the arctic coast east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the summer of 1979. Marine occurrences of similar ridges are rare. Since ice-push sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material in the construction of a ridge, recent onshore excursions of ice due to wind stress on the fast ice are believed to be responsible for building the boulder ridge. Ice push is a mechanism that preferentially sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material from 1-2 m water depths and that forms boulder ridges in areas of high boulder concentrations. Key words: marine ice-pushed boulder ridge, Beaufort Sea, Alaska RÉSUMÉ. Une crête de poussée glacielle B parois abruptes, constituee de blocs atteignant 4 metres de hauteur par 300 metres de long a été observée le long du littoral arctique, B l’est de la baie de Prudhoe, Alaska, durant l’kt6 1979. Des phénomenes semblables, d’origine marine, sont rares. Etant donné que les poussdes glacielles trient les matériaux de la taille des cailloux et des blocs lors de la construction d’un bourrelet, il est probable que la crête soit le résultat de la propulsion par le vent de radeaux de glace du pied de glace vers la rive. Une poussCe glacielle est un processus que trie les materiaux de la taille des cailloux et des blocs Bdes profondeurs d’eau variant de 1 B 2 metres. Elle forme des crêtes constituées de blocs dans les regions qui en contiennent une forte concentration. Traduit par Raymond Goulet, Arkéos Inc., Montréal. Text Arctic Arctic Arctique* Beaufort Sea Prudhoe Bay Alaska Unknown Arctic La Crête ENVELOPE(-116.403,-116.403,58.183,58.183) |
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ABSTRACT. A steep-faced boulder ridge up to 4 m high by 300 m long was encountered along the arctic coast east of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the summer of 1979. Marine occurrences of similar ridges are rare. Since ice-push sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material in the construction of a ridge, recent onshore excursions of ice due to wind stress on the fast ice are believed to be responsible for building the boulder ridge. Ice push is a mechanism that preferentially sorts cobble- and boulder-sized material from 1-2 m water depths and that forms boulder ridges in areas of high boulder concentrations. Key words: marine ice-pushed boulder ridge, Beaufort Sea, Alaska RÉSUMÉ. Une crête de poussée glacielle B parois abruptes, constituee de blocs atteignant 4 metres de hauteur par 300 metres de long a été observée le long du littoral arctique, B l’est de la baie de Prudhoe, Alaska, durant l’kt6 1979. Des phénomenes semblables, d’origine marine, sont rares. Etant donné que les poussdes glacielles trient les matériaux de la taille des cailloux et des blocs lors de la construction d’un bourrelet, il est probable que la crête soit le résultat de la propulsion par le vent de radeaux de glace du pied de glace vers la rive. Une poussCe glacielle est un processus que trie les materiaux de la taille des cailloux et des blocs Bdes profondeurs d’eau variant de 1 B 2 metres. Elle forme des crêtes constituées de blocs dans les regions qui en contiennent une forte concentration. Traduit par Raymond Goulet, Arkéos Inc., Montréal. |
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