Marine Seismic Refraction Data between Wainwright Inlet and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

The tectonic history of the Arctic Ocean Basin, and in particular the Canada Basin and the adjoining Beaufort Sea shelf, today remains unclear even after decades of geological and geophysical investigations. Reconstruction of the tectonic history of the margin requires information about the deep cru...

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Main Authors: Bee,Michel, Johnson,Stephen H, Chiburis,Edward F, McAlister,Richard E
Other Authors: OREGON STATE UNIV CORVALLIS SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Seismology
*SEISMIC DATA
*TECTONICS
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS
ALASKA
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
MARINE GEOLOGY
DATA ACQUISITION
SEISMOGRAPHS
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Prudhoe Bay
WUNR083102
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Beaufort Sea
canada basin
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA073403
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA073403
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Summary:The tectonic history of the Arctic Ocean Basin, and in particular the Canada Basin and the adjoining Beaufort Sea shelf, today remains unclear even after decades of geological and geophysical investigations. Reconstruction of the tectonic history of the margin requires information about the deep crustal structure of northern Alaska at the Beaufort Sea. In 1975 and 1976 a substantial amount of refraction data was successfully collected on the Alaskan shelf from an icebreaker. This technical report contains a detailed description of the methods and techniques used in the data collection and analysis. Interpretation of the data is the subject of articles to be submitted to professional journals. (Author) Prepared in cooperation with Connecticut Univ., Groton, Marine Sciences Inst., and Boston College, Weston, MA. Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Rept. no. TR-790626. Sponsored in part by Contract N00014-75-C-0714.

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