ARCTIC Effects of Storm Surges on the Beaufort Sea
ABSTRACT. In 1970, a major storm surge caused by gale-force westerly winds inundated low-lying tundra plains and deltas as far as 5000 m inland and left a driftwood line as much as 3.4 m above normal sea level along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska. The height of the surge followed a predictable pat...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.585.4751 2023-05-15T14:19:44+02:00 ARCTIC Effects of Storm Surges on the Beaufort Sea Coast Northern Alaska Erk Reimnitz Douglas K. Maurer The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.585.4751 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic32-4-329.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.585.4751 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic32-4-329.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic32-4-329.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T13:14:21Z ABSTRACT. In 1970, a major storm surge caused by gale-force westerly winds inundated low-lying tundra plains and deltas as far as 5000 m inland and left a driftwood line as much as 3.4 m above normal sea level along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska. The height of the surge followed a predictable pattern and was highest along windward-facing shorelines. Coastal retreat and thermoerosion are greatly accelerated on such west-facing shores with eastward sediment transport opposite to normal littoral drift. Evidence suggests an approximate 100-year recurrence interval for similar surges, with potential for damaging the developing oil fields on the North Slope. ReSUMfi. En 1970, une tempête majeure causée par des forts coups de vent d’ouest, inonda les plaines de toundras situées à basse altitude et les deltas justqu’à 5 kms à l’intérieur des terres et laissa une trainée de bois flottés, à une hauteur aussi élevée que 3, 4m au dessus du niveau normal de la mer, tout le long de la côte de la mer de Beaufort en Alaska. La hauteur de la houle se conformait aux prévisions et était la plus élevée le long des rivages, face au vent. Le recul de la côte et I’érosion thermique s’accélèraient particulièrement sur de tels rivages, face au vent d’ouest avec transport de sédiments vers l’est, contrairement au courant littoral normal. II parait évident qu’ils s’agit là de vagues “centenaires, ” capables d’endommager les champs de pétrole, en voie de developpement du “North Slope.” Text Arctic Arctic Beaufort Sea Mer de Beaufort north slope Tundra Alaska Unknown Arctic Houle ENVELOPE(141.190,141.190,-66.700,-66.700) Mer de Beaufort ENVELOPE(-138.005,-138.005,69.500,69.500) |
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ABSTRACT. In 1970, a major storm surge caused by gale-force westerly winds inundated low-lying tundra plains and deltas as far as 5000 m inland and left a driftwood line as much as 3.4 m above normal sea level along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska. The height of the surge followed a predictable pattern and was highest along windward-facing shorelines. Coastal retreat and thermoerosion are greatly accelerated on such west-facing shores with eastward sediment transport opposite to normal littoral drift. Evidence suggests an approximate 100-year recurrence interval for similar surges, with potential for damaging the developing oil fields on the North Slope. ReSUMfi. En 1970, une tempête majeure causée par des forts coups de vent d’ouest, inonda les plaines de toundras situées à basse altitude et les deltas justqu’à 5 kms à l’intérieur des terres et laissa une trainée de bois flottés, à une hauteur aussi élevée que 3, 4m au dessus du niveau normal de la mer, tout le long de la côte de la mer de Beaufort en Alaska. La hauteur de la houle se conformait aux prévisions et était la plus élevée le long des rivages, face au vent. Le recul de la côte et I’érosion thermique s’accélèraient particulièrement sur de tels rivages, face au vent d’ouest avec transport de sédiments vers l’est, contrairement au courant littoral normal. II parait évident qu’ils s’agit là de vagues “centenaires, ” capables d’endommager les champs de pétrole, en voie de developpement du “North Slope.” |
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