Accession Number:

AD0722843

Title:

Recent Sediments of the Gulf of Alaska (Sovremennye Osadki Zaliva Alyaska),

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Gershanovich,D. E.

Report Date:

1971-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

About 400 samples of bottom deposits have been collected during the last years in the Gulf of Alaska by Soviet oceanographical expeditions. On the shelf of the Gulf of Alaska, characterized by a rather rugged topography, zones of intensive sediment accumulation are alternating with zones of reduced sedimentation. Terrigenous deposits are dominant, represented by sediments of all granulometric types. Author

Descriptors:

• (*OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
• *ALASKA GULF)
• (*SEDIMENTATION
• MEASUREMENT)
• OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
• DEPOSITS
• VOLCANOES
• GLACIERS
• FORAMINIFERA
• OCEAN CURRENTS
• CLAY
• GRAVEL
• TERRAIN
• EROSION
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE