Assessing Fog Oil Deposition to Simulated Plant Surfaces During Military Training (2007)
Douglas, Thomas A., Johnson, Jerome B., Collins, Charles M., Reynolds, Charles M., Foley, Karen L., Perry, Lawrence B., ...
Fog oil is used as a battlefield obscurant during military operations. A smoke-like aerosol is emitted from mobile generators by volatilizing standard grade fuel #2 and blowing it through a heated...
Collins, Charles M., Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E.
The effects of two large experimental oil spills conducted in the winter and summer of 1976 in the permafrost-underlain black spruce forest of interior Alaska were assessed 15 years after the spills....
Ice Formation in an Estuarian Salt Marsh, Alaska (2006)
Taylor, Susan, Racine, Charles H., Collins, Charles M., Gordon, Elizabeth
An extensive ice sheet builds up during the winter in a salt marsh complex at the mouth of Eagle River near Anchorage, Alaska. To clarify how snow accumulation, periodic tidal flooding, and...
Distribution and Fate of Energetics on DoD Test and Training Ranges: Final Report (2006)
Judith C. Pennington, Thomas F. Jenkins, Guy Ampleman, Sonia Thiboutot, J. M. Brannon, Alan D. Hewitt, ...
Abstract: Access to live-fire training ranges is vital in maintaining the readiness of our Armed Forces. Understanding the nature of residue deposition and fate is critical to ensuring sound...
White Phosphorus Contamination of Salt Marsh Pond Sediments at Eagle River Flats, Alaska. (2005)
Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Taylor, Susan, Roebuck, Bill D.
In 1990 we proved that an annual waterfowl dieoff involving thousands of waterfowl at Eagle River Flats (ERF), a 1000-ha estuarine salt marsh at Ft. Richardson, Alaska, was due to the ingestion of...
Investigation of Slumping Failure in an Earth Dam Abutment at Kotzebue, Alaska. (2002)
Collins,Charles M., McFadden,Terry T.
A slumping failure on the upstream side in one area of the water supply reservoir at Kotzebue, Alaska, was investigated. Seven 80-ft (24.4-m) thermocouple strings were emplaced in the dam abutment,...
Ice Breakup on the Chena River-1975 and 1976, (2002)
McFadden,Terry T., Collins,Charles M.
The breakup of the Chena River was observed and documented during the spring of 1975 and 1976. This study attempted to determine the potential for damage to the proposed Chena River flood control dam...
Effects of Winter Military Operations on Cold Regions Terrains. (2002)
Abele,Gunars, Johnson,Lawrence A., Collins,Charles M., Taylor,Richard A.
Observations were made on the 1977 winter military maneuver sites south of Fairbanks to obtain base line data for monitoring terrain and vegetation recovery from the impact of winter trail...
Ice Fog Suppression Using Reinforced Thin Chemical Films, (2002)
McFadden,Terry T., Collins,Charles M.
Ice fog suppression experiments on the Fort Wainwright Power Plant cooling pond were conducted during the winters of 1974-76. Baseline information studies occupied a sizable portion of the available...
Snow Pads Used for Pipeline Construction in Alaska, 1976. Construction, Use and Breakup, (2002)
Johnson,Philip R., Collins,Charles M.
Construction pads made of snow were used to build two sections of the Trans Alaska Pipeline and a small gas pipeline during the winter of 1975-76. Construction during the winter has become...
The Fate and Effects of Crude Oil Spilled on Subarctic Permafrost Terrain in Interior Alaska, (2002)
Johnson,Larry A., Collins,Charles M., Sparrow,Elena B., Jenkins,Thomas F., Davenport,Charlotte V.
This study was conducted to determine the short- and long-term physical, chemical and biological effects of spills of hot Prudhoe Bay crude oil on permafrost terrain near Fairbanks, Alaska. Two...
Lawson,Daniel E., Brockett,Bruce E., Wuebben,James L., Collins,Charles M.
This initial study of the ice-covered Tanana River, near Fairbanks, Alaska, attempted to 1) establish field methods for systematic and repetitive quantitative analyses of an ice-covered river's...
Sampling for Explosives Residues at Fort Greely, Alaska. Reconnaissance Visit July 2000 (2002)
Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Racine, Charles H., Jenkins, Thomas F., Gelvin, Arthur B.
Impact areas are lands used by the army for ordnance testing and training. The impact areas of Fort Greely, Alaska, are located on lands withdrawn from the public domain under the Military Lands...
Long-term bank erosion rates and channel changes in a 14-km stretch of the Tanana River centered on Goose Island were documented using historical aerial photography from 1938 through 1982. The...
Geophysical Investigations of an Anomalous Unfrozen Zone, Caribou Peak, Alaska, (1998)
Lawson, Daniel E., Arcone, Steven A., Collins, Charles M.
Occurrence of unfrozen materials and groundwater flow on a north-facing slope in interior Alaska is important to recognize, both for predicting the spatial distribution of perennially frozen ground...
Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Taylor, Susan
The bottom sediments of the two contaminated ponds in ERF likely contain a large number of very small WP particles and a small number of larger particles (1mm). The larger particles could provide a...
Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Taylor, Susan
The bottom sediments of the two contaminated ponds in ERF likely contain a large number of very small white phosphorus particles (
Waterfowl Mortality in Eagle River Flats, Alaska: The Role of Munitions Residues, (1998)
Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Calkins, Daryl J., Roebuck, Bill D.
The death of hundreds of migrating dabbling ducks and 10-50 swans has been documented annually for the last ten years in Eagle River Flats (ERF), an estuarine salt marsh on Ft. Richardson, Alaska....
Waterfowl Mortality in Eagle River Flats, Alaska: The Role of the Munitions Residues, (1998)
Racine, Charles H., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Calkins, Darryl J., Roebuck, Bill D.
The death of hundreds of migrating dabbling ducks and 10-50 swans has been documented annually for the last ten years in Eagle River Flats (ERF), an estuarine salt marsh on Ft. Richardson, Alaska....
Bearing Capacity Tests on Ice Reinforced With Geogrid. (1998)
Haynes, F. D., Collins, Charles M., Olson, Walter W.
Laboratory tests were conducted on floating freshwater ice sheets, reinforced with a high-strength polymeric mesh (Geogrid). The mesh was frozen into the ice sheets. Bearing capacity tests were...
Persistence of White Phosphorus Particles in Sediment, (1998)
Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Racine, Charles H.
Remediation of sediments at Eagle River Flats, a salt marsh contaminated with particles of white phosphorus (P4), may require severe alterations of the wetland by dredging, draining or covering....
Composite Sampling of Sediments Contaminated with White Phosphorus (1998)
Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Bailey, Ronald N., Grant, Clarence L.
White phosphorus from exploded munitions is a difficult contaminant to characterize in the environment. Spatial heterogeneity of concentration estimates is extreme, varying over many orders of...
Dredging as Remediation for White Phosphorus Contamination at Eagle River Flats, Alaska. (1998)
Walsh, Michael R., Collins, Charles M.
The Eagle River Flats impact area is a Ft. Richardson Superfund site. It is a salt marsh that is contaminated with white phosphorus (WP), and remediation of sediments in permanently ponded areas may...
Walsh, Michael R., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M.
Detonation of projectiles containing white phosphorus, a smoke-producing munition, contaminated Eagle River Flats (ERF), a salt marsh located on Fort Richardson, Alaska. Ingestion of the highly toxic...
Use of Military Demolition Explosives in a Remediation Project (1998)
Walsh, Michael R., Collins, Charles M., Meeks, Michael T., Lee, Alvin O., Wahlgren, Eric G.
Control of surface and subsurface water is a critical factor in the efficiency of remediation efforts at Eagle River Flats, an active impact range on Fort Richardson, Alaska, contaminated with...
Range Characterization Studies at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska: 2001 and 2002 (1998)
Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Hewitt, Alan D., Walsh, Michael R., Jenkins, Thomas F.
The U.S. Army Alaska seeks to conserve and protect natural resources on lands used for combat training exercises. Some of these exercises require live fire of ordnance containing high explosives. One...
Walsh, Marianne E., Ramsey, Charles A., Collins, Charles M., Hewitt, Alan D., Walsh, Michael R., Bjella, Kevin L., ...
At firing points for 105-mm howitzers, 2,4-DNT is detectable in the surface soils. 2,4-DNT is listed as a hazardous substance by the EPA and several states, including Alaska. Sample collection...
Walsh, Marianne E., Ramsey, Charles A., Collins, Charles M., Hewitt, Alan D., Walsh, Michael R., Bjella, Kevin L., ...
At firing points for lO5-mm howitzers 2,4-DNT is detectable in the surface soils 2,4-DNT is listed as a hazardous substance by the FPA and several states including Alaska. Sample collection methods...
Energetic Residues From Live-Fire Detonations of 120-mm Mortar Rounds (1998)
Walsh, Michael R., Walsh, Marianne E., Collins, Charles M., Saari, Stephanie P., Zufelt, Jon E., Gelvin, Arthur B., ...
Only limited data are available on energetic residues resulting from the firing and detonation of rounds from 120-mm mortars. After a live-fire training exercise at Fort Richardson, Alaska, we...
Jenkins, Thomas F., Thiboutot, Sonia, Ampleman, Guy, Hewitt, Alan D., Walsh, Marianne E., Ranney, Thomas A., ...
Environmental stewardship of military training ranges is an important objective of the Department of Defense. Therefore, an understanding of the explosives residues resulting from military training...
Energetic Residues Deposition From 60-mm and 81-mm Mortars (1998)
Walsh, Michael R., Walsh, Marianne E., Ramsey, Charles A., Rachow, Richard J., Zufelt, Jon E., Collins, Charles M., ...
Military live-fire training missions utilize a variety of energetic materials that are never completely consumed during firing. Many munitions are issued with various types, quantities, and...
Analysis of Artillery Winter Test Firing into Eagle River Flats, Fort Richardon, Alaska. (1997)
Collins, Charles M., Calkins, Darryl J.
Winter tests of artillery firing were conducted in the Eagle River Flats impact range to determine the physical effects of exploding high-explosive (HE) projectiles on the ice-covered terrain. Eagle...
Simple Field Screening Method for White Phosphorus (P4) in Sediment. (1997)
Walsh, Marianne E., Racine, Charles H., Collins, Charles M., Bouwkamp, Carl, Thorne, Philip G.
A simple field screening method to detect white phosphorus particles in sediment is described. A thin layer of wet sediment is heated until all water evaporates. The presence of white phosphorus is...