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abok | 15:30 Mon 17th Jan 2011 | Science
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I saw the term "Alaska Platform" in the context of oil and gas in the Arctic, but can't figure out what this means exactly. Is this a geological concept? I know it includes both some land area and some area under the ocean. What does "The Alaska Platform" mean exactly?
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The linked article points out that "The new map helped subdivide the arctic into geologically defined subsets called Assessment Units (AUs). Sixty-nine AUs were defined based on the new mapping; their boundaries are available online (USGS 2009)."

One of those AUs is called the Alaska Platform; perhaps the USGS (2009) paper referenced at the end of...
16:37 Mon 17th Jan 2011
An oil rig ... in the water off Alaska
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Thanks, but no. it is "THE Alaska Platform", and again, I DO know that it is something that includes area in land and in the sea.
It seems to just be a name for an area of the continental shelf above the arctic circle. This was informative:

http://www.offshore-m...ource_assessment.html
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Thanks dr b. This is the kind of text in which I found the term. You do get some idea from it, but I am trying to understand more accurately what "The Alaska Platform" is.
The linked article points out that "The new map helped subdivide the arctic into geologically defined subsets called Assessment Units (AUs). Sixty-nine AUs were defined based on the new mapping; their boundaries are available online (USGS 2009)."

One of those AUs is called the Alaska Platform; perhaps the USGS (2009) paper referenced at the end of the article would define the boundaries of this "AU" to your satisfaction.
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Ah, I haven't read it carefully enough. Thank you very much! That solves it.

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