Statistical Aspects of Ice Gouging on the Alaskan Shelf of the Beaufort Sea

• Main Authors: Weeks,W F, Barnes,P W, Rearic,D M, Reimnitz,E
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *Ocean bottom topography; Beaufort Sea; Ocean bottom; Sea ice; Excavation; Trenches; Depth; Orientation(Direction); Frequency; Statistical analysis; Buried objects; Pipelines; *Gouges; *Ice gouges; Barrier Islands; Lambda; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA134428; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA134428

The probability density function of the gouge depths into the sediment is represented by a simple negative exponential over four decades of gouge frequency. The exceedance probability function is, therefore, e to the -lambda d, where d is the gouge depth in meters and lambda is a constant. The value...