Analysis of Artillery Winter Test Firing into Eagle River Flats, Fort Richardon,Alaska

摘要

Winter tests of artillery firing were conducted in the Eagle River Flats impactrange to determine the physical effects of exploding high-explosive (HE) projectiles on the ice-covered terrain. Eagle River Flats is an estuary at the mouth of the Eagle River used as the artillery impact range for Ft. Richardson. The Army suspended use of the impact range following the discovery that white phosphorus (WP) deposited in the salt marsh was responsible for large numbers of waterfowl deaths each summer. The purpose of these tests was to assess if