Bathymetric and shoreline changes, northwestern Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Open-File Report
77-161
By: Peter W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz, Greg Smith, and John Melchior
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Abstract
The coastal environment in the vicinity of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (Fig. 1) is presently being vigorously utilized by petroleum activities. In particular, barges moving freight onshore over the past 8 years, have used the Prudhoe Bay entrance channel almost exclusively. To further facilitate the offloading of supply barges, Atlantic Richfield Company constructed a gravel fill causeway in 1975 between the Prudhoe Bay channel and Stump Island (Fig. 1). As initially constructed, the causeway extended 1.3 km perpendicular to the coast. Subsequently the causeway was extended 1.5 km in a northwesterly direction during the winter of 1975-76 to facilitate the offloading of barges stranded during the fall of 1975.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Bathymetric and shoreline changes, northwestern Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 77-161 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr77161 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 10 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Prudhoe Bay |
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