Slope stability in the Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic - Geohazard analysis focused on gas hydrate dissociation and permafrost thawing

• Main Author: Biller, Tiago
• Other Authors: Kopf, Achim
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2016
• Subjects: Gas hydrates; Slope stability assessment; Geohazard; Beaufort Sea; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic; geophysics; Geotechnics; Permafrost; melting; dissociation; multibeam echosounder; Bathymetry; Sub-bottom profile; Sedimentology-marine cores; cone penetration testing (CPT); water temperature; Geochemistry; Mechanical properties; physical properties; modelling; prognosis; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; Arctic; Beaufort Shelf; Canada; permafrost
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/6352; https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1914; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib63525

The Beaufort Sea offshore Northern Canada is an Arctic region that has continuously gained the attention of private and governmental organizations due to its potential for future developments in mineral resource extraction, climatic modification forecasts, opening of navigation routes and several ot...