Shore Ice Ride-Up and Pile-Up Features. Part 2. Alaska's Beaufort Sea Coast--1983 and 1984

Observations of shore ice pile-up and ride-up along the Alaska Beaufort Sea coast in 1983 and 1984 are presented. New information on historical accounts of onshore ice movement, uncovered since publication of Part I in this series, is reported. An account is given of ice overtopping a concrete caiss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kovacs,A
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ICE FORMATION
*SHORES
*SEA ICE
COASTAL REGIONS
ALASKA
COLD REGIONS
GRAVEL
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
SEDIMENTS
BEACH EROSION
BEAUFORT SEA
ARCTIC OCEAN
BOULDERS
TUNDRA
*Shore ice pile-up
*Shore ice ride-up
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA148428
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA148428
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Summary:Observations of shore ice pile-up and ride-up along the Alaska Beaufort Sea coast in 1983 and 1984 are presented. New information on historical accounts of onshore ice movement, uncovered since publication of Part I in this series, is reported. An account is given of ice overtopping a concrete caisson exploration island in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Part I covered the winters of 1979-80, 1980-81 and 1981-82. Part II presents observations made in early May and late July 1983 and mid-May 1984. See also Part 1, AD-A127 198.

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