Environmental Impact of River Dredging in Arctic Alaska (1981-89)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Walker, H. Jesse
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Dredging; Effects monitoring; Environmental impacts; Granular resources extraction; Permafrost; Rivers; Thermal protection of permafrost; Alaska; Northern; Colville Delta; North Slope Borough; Nuiqsut; Arctic; Barrier Islands; Gravier; Meade; Alaska North Slope; Barrow; Ice; north slope; permafrost; toundra; Tundra; wedge*; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64342

Economic and social development in northern Alaska during the past 25 years has created great demands for sand and gravel. Although this resource is available on some beaches, riverbeds, barrier islands, beach ridges, and alluvial fans, surficial mining often results in undesirable environmental mod...