Table of Contents 



Title Page i 



Abstract iii 



Table of Contents v 



List of Illustrations vii 



List of Tables xiii 



Preface xiv 



Physical Oceanography of the Western Beaufort Sea 1 



General Description of Study Area 1 



Results of WEBSEC-71 and 72 5 



Distribution of Measured Properties 7 



Conclusion 13 



References 15 



Illustrations 17 



Appendix A — Oceanographic Data 96 



Table I. CGC GLACIER. Aug-Sept.. 1971 98 



Table II. CGC STATEN ISLAND, July 1972 122 



Table III. CGC GLACIER, Aug-Sept., 1972 128 



WEBSEC Projects of Opportunity 173 



Introduction 173 



Eastern Chukchi Sea 173 



Methods 174 



References 175 



Illustrations 176 



Preliminary Results of Marine Geologic Studies off the 



Northern Coast of Alaska 183 



Abstract 184 



Introduction 185 



Results 186 



Discussion 190 



Conclusions 193 



Acknowledgments 194 



References Cited 194 



Illustrations 196 



Appendix A — Summary of Geologic Station Data 214 



Appendix B — Organic and Chemical Analysis of Marine 



Sediment Samples. Beaufort Sea 227 



Mercur) in the Environs of the North Slope of Alaska 228 



Acknowledgments 229 



Abstract 230 



Introduction 231 



Method 231 



Results and Discussion 232 



References 234 



Illustration 237 



