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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/9316| Title: | Shore ice ride-up and pile-up features : Part I: Alaska's Beaufort Sea coast |
| Authors: | United States. Bureau of Land Management United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulf Canada Resources Inc. Kovacs, Austin |
| Keywords: | Arctic Ocean Arctic regions Beaches Beaufort Sea Alaska Coastal regions Cold regions Ice Sea ice Shore ice pile·up Shores Shorelines EPOLAR |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 83-9. |
| Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: Recent observations of shore ice pile-up and ride-up along the coast of the Alaska Beaufort Sea are presented. Information is given to show that sea ice movement on shore has overridden steep coastal bluffs and has thrust inland over 150 m, gouging into and pushing up mounds of beach sand, gravel, boulders and peat and, inland, the tundra material. The resulting ice scar morphology was found to remain for tens of years. Onshore ice movements up to 20 m are relatively common, but those over 100 m are very infrequent. Spring is a dangerous time, when sea ice melts away from the shore, allowing ice to move freely. Under this condition, driving stresses of less than 100 kPa can push thick sea onto the land. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9316 |
| Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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| CR-83-9.pdf | 7.09 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |