scholarly journals Update of well log studies, Mackenzie Delta-Beaufort Sea area, Arctic Islands and offshore east coast, volume 1: Arctic Canada

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
L B Smith ◽  
I G Jones ◽  
G E Dawson-Grove ◽  
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Beaufort Sea ◽  
Well Log ◽  
Mackenzie Delta ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Sea Area

scholarly journals Analysis of hydrodynamics and sediment conditions around East Coast Sea Area in Bay of Bengal

2021 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 012081
Author(s):  
Tan Zhong-hua ◽  
Chen Han-bao ◽  
Xu Ya-nan ◽  
Guan Ning
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Sea Area

Validation and Quantitative Assessment of the Deterioration Mechanisms of Arctic Icebergs

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. El-Tahan ◽  
S. Venkatesh ◽  
H. El-Tahan
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Grand Banks ◽  
Reasonable Approximation ◽  
Deterioration Rate ◽  
Deterioration Mechanism ◽  
Wave Erosion ◽  
Sea Area

In this paper the important mechanisms affecting the deterioration of Arctic icebergs are modeled based on parameterizations developed for the International Ice Patrol. The model simulations of the deterioration of three icebergs in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area off the Canadian east coast are compared with observations. The model parameterizations provide a reasonable approximation of iceberg deterioration with best results being obtained where detailed observations of the above-water and underwater portions of the iceberg are available enabling accurate estimations of iceberg mass and other parameters needed for the model. A quantitative assessment of the deterioration of icebergs in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area is also carried out for each month of the year when the sea surface temperature was above zero. Wave erosion is found to be the major deterioration mechanism. Wave erosion and the resulting calving of overhanging slabs together account for more than 80 percent of the deterioration rate. A small iceberg drifting on the Grand Banks could lose up to one third of its mass in one day.

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