Tundra disturbances and recovery following the 1949 exploratory drilling, Fish Creek, northern Alaska /

A 1949 drill site in the Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 4, Alaska, the Fish Creek Test Well 1, was examined in August 1977 to determine the disturbance caused by drilling activities and to analyze the response and recover of the vegetation, soils, permafrost, and surficial materials to that distruba...

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Additional Author(s):Lawson, Daniel E.,
Corporate Contributor(s):Geological Survey (U.S.)

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher:The Laboratory,
Report Numbers:APA 3214
Series:CRREL report ; 78-28.
Document (Susitna Hydroelectric Project) ; no. 3214.
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Summary:A 1949 drill site in the Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 4, Alaska, the Fish Creek Test Well 1, was examined in August 1977 to determine the disturbance caused by drilling activities and to analyze the response and recover of the vegetation, soils, permafrost, and surficial materials to that distrubance. The site, abandoned in 1949, is located along Camp Creek, a tributary to Fish Creek located 28 km. south of Atigaru Point and west of Nuiqsut.
Physical Description:x, 81 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Notes:"December 1978."
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55).