AN EVALUATION OF MULTI-PURPOSE OFFSHORE INDUSTRIAL PORT ISLANDS: VOL. I GENERAL ISLAND CHARACTERISTICS

The program was designed to evaluate the economic, engineering, legal, and environmental possibility of large (four to six square mile) artificial industrial/port islands located off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast. The report is divided into Five Sections (1) Market Demand and General Location Options (2) Process Description and Adaption Study (3) Environmental Assessment (4) Legal and Political Aspects.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol. II "Major Research Problems and Promising Research Approaches" is an 85 page summary of the procedures used to identify and solve problems associated with man made islands.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Delaware, Newark

  College of Marine Studies
  Newark, DE  United States  19716
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 484 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deepwater harbors; Offshore structures; Offshore terminals
• Old TRIS Terms: Environmental surveys
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127072
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: University of Delaware, Newark
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: GI-43111
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM