Cruise to the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Ocean
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Abstract
Oceanography and geology were the principal focuses of the U.S. Geological Survey-sponsored expedition Arctic Summer West '92, which traveled to the eastern part of the Chukchi Borderland of the Amerasia Basin, western Arctic Ocean. The expedition took place from August 20 to September 25, 1992, aboard the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star. USGS investigated the geologic framework and tectonic origin of the borderland, Arctic Quaternary paleoclimate, sea-ice transport of particulate matter in the Beaufort Gyre, and possible radionuclide contamination of the water column and seafloor off Alaska from sources in the Russian Arctic. Researchers from five other institutions studied the area's oceanography, age of the water column, paleoenvironment of the Holocene sediment, physical properties and synthetic-aperture radar backscatter of sea ice, and the drop-stone content of late Quaternary sediment.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Cruise to the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Ocean |
| Series title | Eos, Earth and Space Science News |
| DOI | 10.1029/93EO00273 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 22 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | AGU Publications |
| Contributing office(s) | Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 249 |
| Last page | 254 |
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