Opportunities and priorities in Arctic geoscience /
Opportunities and priorities in Arctic geoscience /
Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences, Polar Research Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
- 1 online resource (ix, 67 pages) : illustrations, maps
- EBSCO Academic Collection .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-67).
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There is broad agreement in the scientific community that the floor of the Arctic Ocean Basin contains potential answers to major unsolved problems in the earth sciences and that many of them pertain to questions that are of global scientific significance or pressing societal concern. However, because of the perennial sea ice, harsh climate, high field costs, and the absence of research platforms suitable for many types of investigations, this region is also one of the most poorly known on earth. Recent political and technological developments, including the apparent end of the Cold War and the prospective availability of nuclear submarines and powerful icebreakers as arctic research platforms, appear to provide possible means to overcome these formidable obstacles and, therefore, have the potential to enable revolutionizing our knowledge of the solid earth beneath the Arctic Ocean Basin. Some of the details of the circum-arctic geology are becoming known from efforts by government agencies, academic institutions, and industry. Because of the prospective logistic opportunities, and because of the disparity in geologic understanding that exists between the Arctic Ocean Basin and the circum-arctic landmasses, the Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences recommends that the Arctic Ocean Basin and its margins, instead of the circum-arctic landmasses, be the focus of the next major augmentation of solid-earth geoscience research in the Arctic.
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Geology--Research--Greenland Basin.
Marine sediments--Research--Greenland Basin.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--General.
Geology--Research.
Marine sediments--Research.
Aardwetenschappen.
Glaciologie.
Geographie.
Geologie
Arctic Ocean--Greenland Basin.
Noordpoolgebied.
Arktis
Arktis Geographie Geologie Geology Research Greenland Basin Marine Research Greenland Basin
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QE350.6 / .O66 1991eb
559.8/072
551(988) / O62
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-67).
Use copy
There is broad agreement in the scientific community that the floor of the Arctic Ocean Basin contains potential answers to major unsolved problems in the earth sciences and that many of them pertain to questions that are of global scientific significance or pressing societal concern. However, because of the perennial sea ice, harsh climate, high field costs, and the absence of research platforms suitable for many types of investigations, this region is also one of the most poorly known on earth. Recent political and technological developments, including the apparent end of the Cold War and the prospective availability of nuclear submarines and powerful icebreakers as arctic research platforms, appear to provide possible means to overcome these formidable obstacles and, therefore, have the potential to enable revolutionizing our knowledge of the solid earth beneath the Arctic Ocean Basin. Some of the details of the circum-arctic geology are becoming known from efforts by government agencies, academic institutions, and industry. Because of the prospective logistic opportunities, and because of the disparity in geologic understanding that exists between the Arctic Ocean Basin and the circum-arctic landmasses, the Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences recommends that the Arctic Ocean Basin and its margins, instead of the circum-arctic landmasses, be the focus of the next major augmentation of solid-earth geoscience research in the Arctic.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
0585085684 9780585085685 9780309583305 0309583306
91060476
Geology--Research--Greenland Basin.
Marine sediments--Research--Greenland Basin.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--General.
Geology--Research.
Marine sediments--Research.
Aardwetenschappen.
Glaciologie.
Geographie.
Geologie
Arctic Ocean--Greenland Basin.
Noordpoolgebied.
Arktis
Arktis Geographie Geologie Geology Research Greenland Basin Marine Research Greenland Basin
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QE350.6 / .O66 1991eb
559.8/072
551(988) / O62