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EFFECTS OF GRAVEL REMOVAL ON AESTHETICS, 



D. K. Hardinger 287 



INTRODUCTION 287 



SCENIC QUALITY 289 



VISUAL SENSITIVITY 289 



DEGREE OF VISIBILITY 290 



APPROACH 291 



THE VISUAL RESOURCES OF THE STUDY REGIONS 292 



SEWARD PENINSULA 292 



NORTH SLOPE 295 



NORTHERN INTERIOR 297 



SOUTHERN INTERIOR 300 



EFFECTS OF GRAVEL REMOVAL ON VISUAL RESOURCES . 304 



SEWARD PENINSULA 504 



NORTH SLOPE 305 



NORTHERN INTERIOR 306 



SOUTHERN INTERIOR 306 



SUMMARY 308 



GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS OF GRAVEL 



REMOVAL, H. P. Thomas and R. G. Tart, Jr 311 



INTRODUCTION 311 



APPROACH 314 



SITE SELECTION AND INVESTIGATION 315 



PRELIMINARY SITE SELECTION 315 



SITE INVESTIGATION 317 



FINAL SITE SELECTION 318 



MINING PLAN PREPARATION 319 



SITE PREPARATION 321 



ACCESS 321 



OVERBURDEN REMOVAL 324 



CHANNEL DIVERSION 324 



SETTLING PONDS 325 



SITE OPERATION 326 



EXCAVATION 326 



TRANSPORTATION AND STOCKPILING 327 



PROCESSING 328 



SITE REHABILITATION 329 



REFERENCES 330 



INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW OF GRAVEL REMOVAL, 



E. H. Follmann 331 



INTRODUCTION 331 



PHYSICAL SITE CHARACTERISTICS 333 



CHANNEL CONFIGURATION 333 



DRAINAGE BASIN SIZE (CHANNEL WIDTH) 348 



CHANNEL SLOPE AND STREAM ORIGIN 350 



GRAVEL REMOVAL AREA CHARACTERISTICS 354 



TYPE OF GRAVEL REMOVAL 354 



LOCATION OF GRAVEL REMOVAL 565 



DIKES AND STOCKPILES 576 



