Resource report for the deep-water areas of proposed OCS lease sale No. 70, St. George Basin, Alaska

Open-File Report 80-246
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Abstract

This report summarizes geological and geophysical data from the deep-water (greater than 200m) region of the St. George Basin lease sale area #70. The shallow-water region is discussed in detail by Marlow and others (1979a) in a companion report. The triangular deep-water region lies at the junction of the Bering shelf and the Aleutian Ridge (Fig. 2). This region is bounded on the northeast by the 200 m bathymetric contour that defines the edge of the Bering shelf, on the southeast by a meandering line that lies 3 miles north of the Aleutian Islands, and on the west by the 171°W longitude meridian. Hereafter, this triangular region is referred to as the Umnak Plateau region. The name is derived from a major bathymetric feature, Umnak Plateau, that covers most of the region.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Resource report for the deep-water areas of proposed OCS lease sale No. 70, St. George Basin, Alaska
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 80-246
DOI 10.3133/ofr80246
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description ii, 91 p.
Country United States
State Alaska
Other Geospatial St. George Basin
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