BATHYMETRY OF THE BEAUFORT SEA

Oceanographic studies of the Beaufort Sea were made from ice-breakers during the summers of 1951, 1957, and 1958. Numerous echo-sounding lines were made across the shelf and slope, and into the deep Canada Basin. Between the Colville and Mackenzie River deltas, the shelf has a width of about forty n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carsola,A. J., Fisher,R. L., Shipek,C. J., Shumway,George
Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1959
Subjects:
(*DEPTH FINDING
ARCTIC OCEAN)
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
ECHO RANGING
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
SEDIMENTATION
PHOTOGRAPHS
ICEBREAKERS
ARCTIC REGIONS
BATHYMETRY
BEAUFORT SEA
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Mackenzie River
Canada
Amundsen Trough
Amundsen Gulf
Barter Island
Beaufort Sea
canada basin
Canadian Archipelago
Mackenzie river
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Summary:Oceanographic studies of the Beaufort Sea were made from ice-breakers during the summers of 1951, 1957, and 1958. Numerous echo-sounding lines were made across the shelf and slope, and into the deep Canada Basin. Between the Colville and Mackenzie River deltas, the shelf has a width of about forty nautical miles with a shelf edge as shallow as thirty-five fm. The upper slope is relatively steep; on the lower slope the inclination decreases as depth increases. The floor of the Canada Basin near the continental slope is flat and featureless. East of Barter Island, the slope character changes because of the presence of the Mackenzie River and the Mackenzie Sea valley. Still further east lies Amundsen Trough at the outer end of Amundsen Gulf. This trough is a feature of glacial origin and the westernmost unfilled trough of the Canadian Archipelago. Sea-floor photographs on the slope and in the deep basin show a flat, featureless bottom without evidence of ice-rafted pebbles. (Author) Pub. in mono. Geology of the Arctic, pub. Univ. of Toronto Press, p678-89 1961 (Copies available only to DDC users).

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