Marine Seismic Refraction Data between Wainwright Inlet and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Abstract

The tectonic history of the Arctic Ocean Basin, and in particular the Canada Basin and the adjoining Beaufort Sea shelf, today remains unclear even after decades of geological and geophysical investigations. Reconstruction of the tectonic history of the margin requires information about the deep crustal structure of northern Alaska at the Beaufort Sea. In 1975 and 1976 a substantial amount of refraction data was successfully collected on the Alaskan shelf from an icebreaker. This technical report contains a detailed description of the methods and techniques used in the data collection and analysis. Interpretation of the data is the subject of articles to be submitted to professional journals. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073403

Entities

People

  • Edward F. Chiburis
  • Michel Bee
  • Richard E. Mcalister
  • Stephen H. Johnson

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Helicopters
  • Lepidoptera
  • Navigation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Three Dimensional
  • Travel Time
  • Water Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Seismology