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​​Reconnaissance static occupation of Tidal Benchmarks in Western Alaska

8/1/2019

 
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Understanding the causes of relative sea level rise requires knowledge of changes to both land (uplift and subsidence) and sea level. However, measurements of coastal uplift or subsidence are almost completely lacking in western Alaska. 
​Project ID: WA2013_26
Lead Investigator: Nicole Kinsman, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Collaborators: Jeff Freymueller, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Project Duration: 2013 - 2014
This project provided precise measurements of prioritized benchmarks across the Western Alaska geography, 
improving the network of published tidal benchmark elevations, allowing for tidal datum conversion in more places, and providing a necessary component for improved inundation studies in coastal communities and low-lying areas.  The project's map of vertical velocities (uplift/subsidence) of western Alaska (see 'Final Project Report' & 'Vertical Velocity Map', below) will be combined with measures of sea level to estimate rates of relative sea level rise across this region (see webinar recording and 'Relative Sea Level Change poster', below). Additionally, the project produced recommendations on priority locations for further occupation (see 'W. AK benchmark survey and installation priorities', below).


NEW! Recording of Kimber DeGrandpre's MS thesis defense (3 June 2015) presenting estimated rates of relative sea level rise in western Alaska. See link below.
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Vertical Velocity Map for Western Alaska.pdf
File Size: 130 kb
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Relative Sea Level Change Poster.pdf
File Size: 4780 kb
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DeGrandpre Thesis Defense.pptx
File Size: 33105 kb
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Final Project Report: Reconnaissance static occupation of Tidal Benchmarks in western Alaska.pdf
File Size: 12061 kb
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Related Resources

Dr. Freymueller's webpage at the UAF Geophysical Institute

Related article in the Alaska Dispatch News, reprinted from the Alaska Science Forum

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