Inventory of montane-nesting birds in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska
T. Lee Tibbitts, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Robert E. Gill Jr., Colleen M. Handel
2006, Report
The Alaska Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey conducted an inventory of birds in montane areas of the four northern parks in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska. This effort represents the first comprehensive assessment of breeding range and habitat associations for the majority of avian species in...
Development of airborne remote sensing methods for surveys of Pacific walrus
Douglas M. Burn, Mark S. Udevitz, M.A. Webber, Joel L. Garlich-Miller
2006, BOEM MMS 2006-003
In April 2003, we conducted an operational test of an airborne multispectral scanner (AMS) over pack ice in the Bering Sea to evaluate the potential of this system as a survey tool for Pacific walruses. We scanned a total of 28,875 km2 of sea ice habitat at a spatial resolution...
Continuous resistivity profiling data from the upper Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, 2004-2005
VeeAnn A. Cross, John F. Bratton, Emile M. Bergeron, Jeff K. Meunier, John Crusius, Dirk Koopmans
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1306
The Neuse River Estuary in North Carolina has suffered impacts of eutrophication in recent years. As part of a larger project to better constrain nutrient budgets in the estuary, field investigations were performed to study occurrence and discharge of fresh and brackish ground water and nutrients beneath the estuary itself...
Alaska resource data file, Noatak quadrangle
Donald J. Grybeck, Julie A. Dumoulin
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1157
This report gives descriptions of the mineral occurrences in the Noatak 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont
Suzanne W. Nicholson, Connie L. Dicken, John D. Horton, Michael P. Foose, Julia A. L. Mueller, Rudi Hon
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1272
The rapid growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for regional and national scale digital geologic maps that have standardized information about geologic age and lithology. Such maps can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for manifold special purposes such as mineral-resource assessment,...
Alaska resource data file: Point Lay quadrangle, Alaska
Donald J. Grybeck
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1156
This report gives descriptions of the mineral occurrences in the Point Lay 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Aqueous geochemical data from the analysis of stream-water samples collected in June and July 2005 — Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 scale quadrangle, Alaska
Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Sarah Stetson, Elizabeth Bailey, Greg Lee
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1361
We report on the chemical analysis of water samples collected from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. Parameters for which data are reported include pH, conductivity, water temperature, major cation and anion concentrations, trace-element concentrations, and dissolved organic-carbon concentrations. Samples were collected as part of a multiyear U.S. Geological Survey project...
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, Travis L. Hudson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1306
The data consist of major- and minor-element concentrations for rock samples collected during 2005 by the U.S. Geological Survey. Samples were analyzed by fire assay (Au, Pd, Pt), cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (Hg), and the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) 10 and 42 element methods. For details of...
A Century of Retreat at Portage Glacier, South-Central Alaska
Ben W. Kennedy, Dennis C. Trabant, Lawrence R. Mayo
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3141
Introduction: The Portage Glacier, in south-central Alaska, is viewed by thousands of visitors annually who come to the U.S. Forest Service Begich, Boggs Visitor Center located on the road system between Anchorage and Whittier, Alaska. During the past century, the terminus of the glacier has retreated nearly 5 kilometers to...
Geothermal disruption of summit glaciers at Mount Spurr Volcano, 2004-6: An unusual manifestation of volcanic unrest
Michelle L. Coombs, Christina A. Neal, Rick L. Wessels, Robert G. McGimsey
2006, Professional Paper 1732-B
Mount Spurr, a 3,374-m-high stratovolcano in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska, showed signs of volcanic unrest beginning in 2004 and lasting through 2006. These signs included increases in heat flow, seismicity, and gas flux, which we interpret as the results of a magmatic intrusion in mid-2004. In response, debris-laden...
Geologic map of the Utukok River quadrangle, Alaska
Charles G. Mull, David W. Houseknecht, G. H. Pessel, Christopher P. Garrity
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2817-D
This map is a product of the USGS Digital Geologic Maps of Northern Alaska project, which captures in digital format quadrangles across the entire width of northern Alaska. Sources include geologic maps previously published in hardcopy format and recent updates and revisions based on field mapping by the Alaska Department...
Natural Bitumen Resources of the United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3133
Major natural bitumen accumulations in the United States are estimated to contain about 36 billion barrels of measured in-place resource and about 18 billion barrels of speculative in-place resource. Major natural bitumen resources are in Alabama, Alaska, California, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming....
Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2005
Peter J. Haeussler, John P. Galloway, editor(s)
2006, Professional Paper 1732
Summary The collection of papers that follows continues the series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigative reports in Alaska under the broad umbrella of the geologic sciences. This series represents new and sometimes-preliminary findings that are of interest to Earth scientists in academia, government, and industry; to land and resource...
Soil Data from a Moderately Well and Somewhat Poorly Drained Fire Chronosequence near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
K.L. Manies, J.W. Harden, Hugo Veldhuis, Sue Trumbore
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1291
The U.S. Geological Survey project Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscapes (FOCAL) is studying the effect of fire and soil drainage on soil carbon storage in the boreal forest. As such this group was invited to be a part of a NSF-funded project (Fire, Ecosystem and Succession - Experiment Boreal...
Atlas of relations between climatic parameters and distributions of important trees and shrubs in North America - Alaska species and ecoregions
Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson, Laura E. Strickland, Sarah L. Shafer, Richard T. Pelltier, Patrick J. Bartlein
2006, Professional Paper 1650-D
Climate is the primary factor in controlling the continental-scale distribution of plant species, although the relations between climatic parameters and species' ranges is only now beginning to be quantified. Preceding volumes of this atlas explored the continental-scale relations between climatic parameters and the distributions of woody plant species across all...
Aqueous geochemical data from the analysis of stream water samples collected in August 2004: Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 scale quadrangle, Alaska
Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Elizabeth Bailey, Greg Lee
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1175
We report on the chemical analysis of water samples collected from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 quadrangle. Samples were collected as part of the multi-year U.S. Geological Survey's project -- Geologic and Mineral Deposit Data for Alaskan Economic Development. Data presented here are from water samples collected primarily in the northeastern...
Polar Bear Population Status in the Southern Beaufort Sea
Eric V. Regehr, Steven C. Amstrup, Ian Stirling
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1337
Polar bears depend entirely on sea ice for survival. In recent years, a warming climate has caused major changes in the Arctic sea ice environment, leading to concerns regarding the status of polar bear populations. Here we present findings from long-term studies of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea...
Oil and gas resources of the Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province
David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
2006, Professional Paper 1732-A
The Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province, encompassing all the lands and adjacent Continental Shelf areas north of the Brooks Range-Herald arch, is one of the most petroleum-productive areas in the United States, having produced about 15 billion bbl of oil. Seven unitized oil fields currently contribute to production, and three additional...
Surficial Geologic Map of the Tanacross B-4 Quadrangle, East-Central Alaska
Paul E. Carrara
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2935
The Tanacross B-4 1:63,360-scale quadrangle, through which the Alaska Highway runs, is in east-central Alaska about 100 mi west of the Yukon border. The surficial geologic mapping in the quadrangle is in support of the 'Geologic Mapping in support of land, resources, and hazards issues in Alaska' Project of the...
Aeromagnetic Survey of Taylor Mountains Area in Southwest Alaska, A Website for the Distribution of Data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Data Series 224
USGS Data Series Report for the release of aeromagnetic data collected in the Taylor Mountains Area of Southwest Alaska and associated contractor reports. Summary: An airborne high-resolution magnetic and coincidental horizontal magnetic gradiometer survey was completed over the Taylor Mountains area in southwest Alaska. The flying was undertaken by McPhar...
Water-Quality Conditions of Chester Creek, Anchorage, Alaska, 1998-2001
Roy L. Glass, Robert T. Ourso
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5229
Between October 1998 and September 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program evaluated the water-quality conditions of Chester Creek, a stream draining forest and urban settings in Anchorage, Alaska. Data collection included water, streambed sediments, lakebed sediments, and aquatic organisms samples from urban sites along the stream. Urban...
The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the sandy shorelines of the California coast
Cheryl J. Hapke, David Reid
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1251
Introduction The Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey has generated a comprehensive data clearinghouse of digital vector shorelines and shoreline change rates for the sandy shoreline along the California open coast. These data, which are presented herein, were compiled as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National...
Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2005
James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Steve Estes, Stephen R. McNutt
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1264
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, has maintained seismic monitoring networks at historically active volcanoes in Alaska since 1988 (Figure 1). The primary objectives of...
Water and sediment quality in the Yukon River basin, Alaska, during water year 2004
Paul F. Schuster
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1258
This report contains water-quality and sediment-quality data from samples collected in the Yukon River Basin from March through September during the 2004 water year (WY). Samples were collected throughout the year at five stations in the basin (three on the main stem Yukon River, one each on the Tanana and...
Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Digital data for the generalized bedrock geologic map, Yukon Flats region, east-central Alaska
Alison B. Till, Julie A. Dumoulin, Jeffrey D. Phillips, Richard G. Stanley, Jessie Crews
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1304
The growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for digital geologic maps that have been attributed with information about age and lithology. Such maps can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for manifold special purposes such as mineral-resource assessment, metallogenic studies, tectonic studies,...
