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

• 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

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.