U.S. Geological Survey offshore program of resource and geo-environmental studies and topical investigations, Pacific-Arctic region

Open-File Report 78-422
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The Geological Survey's marine geology investigations in the Pacific-Arctic area are presented in this report in the context of the underlying socio-economic problem of expanding the domestic production of oil and gas and other mineral and hard- and soft-rock resources while maintaining acceptable standards in the marine environment. The primary mission of the Survey 's Pacific-Arctic Branch of Marine Geology is to provide scientifically interpreted information about the (1) resource potential, (2) geo-environmental setting, and (3) overall geologic characteristics of the continental margins (that is, the continental shelf, slope and rise) and adjacent deeper water and shallower coastal areas off California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii and also, where it is of interest to the U.S. Government, more remote deep-sea areas of the Pacific-Arctic realm.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title U.S. Geological Survey offshore program of resource and geo-environmental studies and topical investigations, Pacific-Arctic region
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 78-422
DOI 10.3133/ofr78422
Year Published 1978
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 109 p.
Other Geospatial Pacific-Arctic region
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