Call number:
AWI G3-20-94305
Description / Table of Contents:
The primary objective of this study was to obtain reconnaissance data about modern river and coastal environments for the Yukon coastal plain between the Mackenzie Delta and the Alaskan border that would be useful in future decision making about development of the area.
Type of Medium:
Series available for loan
Pages:
245 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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6 Karten
Series Statement:
Report / Environmental-Social Committee. Northern Pipelines. Task Force on Northern Oil Development 73,39
Language:
English
Note:
CONTENTS
SUMMARY
1.1. Objectives of the Study
1.1.1. River Objectives.
1.1.2. The Coastal Objectives
1.2. Scientific Conclusions
1.2.1. Rivers
1.2.2. Coast
1.3. Implications and Reconnnendations
1.3.1. Rivers
1.3.2. Coast
2 INTRODUCTION
2.1. General Nature and Scope of Study
2.2. Specific Objectives
2.2.1. Rivers
2.2.2. Coast
2.3. Relevance to Pipeline Development
2.4. Acknowledgements
3. CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
4. STUDY AREA
4.1. Physiography
4.2. Climate
4.3. General Geology
5. SOURCES, METHODS, AND RATIONALE OF DATA COLLECTION
5.1. Rivers
5.1.1. Drainage Basin Characteristics
Area
Shape
Hypsometry
Hydrograph estimation
5.1.2. River Valleys
5.1.3. River Channels
5.1.4. River Hydraulics and Discharge Estimation
5.1.5. Sediment Transport
Bedload
Suspended and dissolved load
5.1.6. Channel Stability
Bed Scour
Lateral Stability
5.2. Coast
5.3. Laboratory Techniques
6. RESULTS
6.1. Rivers
6.1.1. Drainage Basin Characteristics
Area
Shape
Hypsometry
Hydrology and hydrograph estimation
6.1.2. River valley and long profiles
6.1.3. Channel pattern and channel form
6.1.4. River hydraulics and discharge estimation
6.1.5. Sediment transport
Bedload
Suspended and dissloved load
6.1.6 Channel stability
Bed scour
Lateral stability
6.2. Coast
6.2.1. Sea-ice conditions
General pattern during summer season
Break-up
6.2.2. Coastal erosion
Introduction
Alaska borer to mouth of Firth River
Herschel Island
Herschel Island to the Babbage River delta
Kay Point to King Point
King Point to Sabine Point
Sabine Point to Blow River delta
6.2.3. Coastal sedimentation
General patterns of near-shore sediment movement
Beaches and spits - general form and sediment types
Areal variations and stability of near-shore sediment bodies
International border to Komakuk Beach
Komakuk Beach to Herschel Island
Herschel Island
Herschel Island to Babbage River delta
Kay Point spit
Kay Point to Sabine Point
Sabine Point to Blow River delta
6.2.4. Major coastal deltas
Firth River fan delta
Babbage River delta
Running River delta
Blow River delta
7. DISCUSSION
7.1. Rivers
7.2. Coast
8. CONCLUSIONS
8.1. Rivers
8.2. Coast
9. IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
9.1. Rivers
9.1.1. General scientific
9.1.2. Matters relevant to pipeline activity
9.2. Coast
9.2.1. General scientific
9.2.2. Matters relevant to pipeline activity
10. NEEDS FOR FURTHER STUDY
11. REFERENCES
12. NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
13. APPENDIX: HYDRAULIC, SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND GEOMORPHIC DATA FOR EACH RIVER REACH STUDIED
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