Origin and Disposal of Potentially Contaminated Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean.

The primary objective of this research was to determine whether sediment is transported by sea ice from the various Russian rivers and arctic shelf areas to the western Arctic Ocean and, in particular, the Beaufort Sea. Knowledge of the precise sources of sediment entrainment by sea ice is important...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Darby, Dennis A., Bischof, Jens F.
Other Authors: OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Properties of Metals and Alloys
*CONTAMINATION
*SEA ICE
*ARCTIC OCEAN
USSR
SOURCES
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
DISPERSING
QUARTZ
PRECISION
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
ENTRAINMENT
OCEAN BOTTOM
GRAIN STRUCTURES(METALLURGY)
ARCTIC REGIONS
IRON OXIDES
BEAUFORT SEA
PACK ICE
ICE-RAFTED DETRITUS
IRON OXIDE GRAINS
ARCTIC SHELF AREAS
RUSSIAN SHELVES
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA326283
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA326283
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Summary:The primary objective of this research was to determine whether sediment is transported by sea ice from the various Russian rivers and arctic shelf areas to the western Arctic Ocean and, in particular, the Beaufort Sea. Knowledge of the precise sources of sediment entrainment by sea ice is important if the potential for contaminated sediment known to occur in parts of the Russian shelves to move into the Alaskan waters is to be assessed. Equally important is the quantification of the amounts of sediment in the Beaufort Sea pack ice and bottom sediment that was derived from various parts of the Russian Arctic.

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