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

• 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

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.