| Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Commission on Geosciences Environment an (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309050367 ISBN-13: 9780309050364 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 Annotation: The favorable geological setting for vast accumulations of oil and gas in Alaska's coastal and offshore areas has attracted the attention of hydrocarbon resource explorers for several decades. Counterbalancing the great resource potential is a harsh physical environment and considerable concern about the impacts of exploration and development on the living resources, landscape, and livelihood and culture of the Native American population. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 333.823 |
| LCCN: 94065019 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.03" W x 9.05" (0.95 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It examines how the Alaskan OCS and adjacent onshore natural and human environments differ from those in more temperate waters and to what degree the information characterizes those differences. (It also recommends alternatives to further studies in some cases where more information would be helpful for decisionmaking.) |