Evolution of the Soil Landscape in the Sand Region of the Arctic Coastal Plain as Exemplified at Atkasook, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Everett, K.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1979
• Subjects: Composition; Physical properties; Sand; Soil classification; Soils; Atqasuk region; Alaska; Meade River region; Arctic; Meade; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65673

The Meade River region around the village of Atkasook, Alaska typifies much of the Arctic Coastal Plain underlain by aeolian sands. The forms and patterns of the landscape are formed mainly by ancient and active sand dunes and by channel shifts of the Meade River. Nearly all landforms, including tho...