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TheNorthSlopeofAlaskaliesonthenorthsideofBrooksRangeandincludesextensivecoastlinesalongtheChukchiSeaandBeaufortSea.TheseshorelinesarefundamentallydifferentfrommostofthecoastlineintheUSastheyareconsolidatedbypermafrostandsubjecttoperiglacialprocesses,includingcryogenicprocessesonshoreandnearshoreseasonalpackiceformation.ThesecoastsarehighlydynamicandundergoingsomeofthefastestretreatratesinNorthAmerica(GibbsandRichmondn.d.).Proposedoffshoreoildevelopmentactivitiesinthe ChukchiSeacoastandexistingoffshoredrillingislandsalongtheBeaufortSeacoastposeenvironmentalrisksforthesecoasts.Environmentalconcernsincludeincreasedairandseatraffic,accidentaloilspills,andpotentialportdevelopments.BOEMrequiresup-‐to-‐date,digitalmappingthatcanbeusedtosystematicallyassesstheseenvironmentalrisks.TheSh...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: COASTAL PROCESSES,
COASTAL PROCESSES,
Federal resource managers,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, All tags...
Project,
State agencies,
WEB SERVICES,
WEB SERVICES,
completed,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is supporting a field effort in support of a ShoreZone mapping project along the Chukchi and Beaufort coasts. Funds from the LCC will allow for the inclusion of three additional ShoreStations. Researchers will conduct ground surveys to get detailed physical and biological measurements throughout the various and often unique Chukchi and Beaufort coastal habitats. Sediment samples will be archived from each shore station for hydrocarbon analyses in the event of a local or regional oil spill. The Arctic ShoreZone Shore Stations will be added to the statewide database and made available online to the public NOAA website.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS,
BARRIER ISLANDS,
BEACHES,
BEACHES,
COASTAL LANDFORMS, All tags...
COASTAL LANDFORMS,
Conservation Planning,
DELTAS,
DELTAS,
Data Acquisition and Development,
Federal resource managers,
Interested public,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Project,
SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY,
SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY,
SEDIMENT COMPOSITION,
SEDIMENT COMPOSITION,
SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES,
SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES,
SHORELINES,
SHORELINES,
State agencies,
completed,
environment,
environment, Fewer tags
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