Patterns and Controls of Erosion Along the Barrow Environmental Observatory Coastline, Northern Alaska

• Main Author: Aguirre, Adrian
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ScholarWorks@UTEP 2011
• Subjects: Barrow Environmental Observatory; Coastal Bluff; DGPS; Elson Lagoon; Erosion; Permafrost; Environmental Sciences; Geology; Arctic; Barrier Islands; The Bluff; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2425; https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3424&context=open_etd

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