Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Alaska (including Lower Cook Inlet) and their onshore impacts : a summary report, September 1980
Joanne Barnes Jackson, Richard T. Dorrier
1980, Open-File Report 80-1028
Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska
1980, Open-File Report 80-885
These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to .them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State and Territorial agencies) reports and maps and a very.few journal articles are...
Seismic evidence for an extensive gas-bearing layer at shallow depth, offshore from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Gary Wynn Boucher, Erk Reimnitz, Edward W. Kempema
1980, Open-File Report 80-809
High resolution seismic reflection data recorded offshore from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, were processed digitally to determine the reflectivity structure of the uppermost layers of the seafloor. A prominent reflector found at 27 m below the mudline (water depths 7-9 m) has a negative reflection coefficient greater than 0.5. The large...
Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Nabesna Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward H. Cobb, Donald H. Richter
1980, Open-File Report 80-927
These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State and Territorial agencies) reports and maps and in one Geological Survey of...
Map showing selected geologic features of outer continental shelf, Shelikof Strait, Alaska
Peter J. Hoose, John Whitney
1980, Open-File Report 80-2035
No abstract available....
Trace-element data for rock samples from the Bradfield Canal Quadrangle, southeastern Alaska
R. D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, R. M. O’Leary, D. A. Risoli
1980, Open-File Report 80-910-A
Quaternary stratigraphic sections with radiocarbon dates, Wiseman Quadrangle, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton
1980, Open-File Report 80-791
The Wiseman quadrangle contains a rich stratigraphic record of alluvial, glacial, and periglacial events of the late Quaternary in the south-central Brooks Range. The numerous bluffs along the Koyukuk River and its tributaries expose drift sheets of the late Pleistocene Itkillik I glacial phase (table 1), and outwash and other...
Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
1980, Open-File Report 80-716
These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State agencies) reports and maps are designed to aid in library research on...
Quaternary stratigraphic sections with radiocarbon dates, Chandler Lake Quadrangle, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton
1980, Open-File Report 80-790
Twenty-eight organic samples from 17 localities in the Anaktuvuk, Tulunga, and Itkillik Valleys and at Shainin Lake range in age from more than 40,000 to about 1000 14C yr B.P. These dates, combined with fossil identifications and measured stratigraphic sections, provide significant insights into the history of glaciation, climatic change,...
Trace-element data for stream-sediment heavy-mineral concentrate samples from the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska
R. D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, R. M. O’Leary, D. A. Risoli
1980, Open-File Report 80-910-C
No abstract available....
Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska
1980, Open-File Report 80-884
These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State and Territorial agencies) reports and maps are designed to aid in library...
Histograms and correlation table for selected elements in samples of the ash of black spruce needles from the Tanacross Quadrangle, Alaska
Gary C. Curtin, G.W. Day, R. B. Tripp
1980, Open-File Report 80-655
These histograms and correlation table show the distribution and abundance of, and correlations between, the populations of 21 elements in the ash of black spruce (Picea Mariana B.S.P.) needles collected throughout most of the Tanacross 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. The samples were collected during reconnaissance geochemical studies as part of the U.S....
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Kanayut Conglomerate and associated units, central and eastern Brooks Range, Alaska– Report of 1978 field season
Tor Helge Nilsen, Thomas E. Moore, J.T. Dutro Jr., W. P. Brosge, D. M. Orchard
1980, Open-File Report 80-888
No abstract available....
Geologic bibliography of the Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Alaska
Richard E. Zehner, E.H. Cobb, W. J. Nokleberg, N. R. Albert
1980, Open-File Report 80-513
Trace-element data for stream-sediment samples from the Bradfield Canal Quadrangle, southeastern Alaska
R. D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, R. M. O’Leary, D. A. Risoli
1980, Open-File Report 80-910-B
USGS marine geologic studies in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 1979; data type, location, and records obtained
Peter W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz, Edward Kempema, Peter Minkler, Robin Ross
1980, Open-File Report 80-603
No abstract available....
Histograms and correlation table for selected elements in samples of the ash of ground birch leaves from the Tanacross Quadrangle, Alaska
Gary C. Curtin, G.W. Day, R. B. Tripp
1980, Open-File Report 80-656
These histograms and correlation table show the distribution and abundance of, and correlations between, the populations of 21 elements in the ash of ground birch (Betula rotundifolia Sarg.) leaves collected throughout most of the Tanacross 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. The samples were collected during reconnaissance geochemical studies as part of the U.S....
Neogene sedimentation on the outer continental margin, southern Bering Sea
T.L. Vallier, M.B. Underwood, J.V. Gardner, J.A. Barron
1980, Marine Geology (36) 269-287
Neogene sedimentary rocks and sediments from sites on the outer continental margin in the southern Bering Sea and on the Alaska Peninsula are dominated by volcanic components that probably were eroded from an emergent Aleutian Ridge. A mainland continental source is subordinate. Most sediment in the marine environment was transported...
Comments and replies on ‘Collision-deformed Paleozoic continental margin, western Brooks Range, Alaska’: Reply
Michael Churkin, Warren J. Nokleberg
1980, Geology (8) 356-357
No abstract available....
Sediment transport in Norton Sound, Alaska
D.E. Drake, D.A. Cacchione, R.D. Muench, C.H. Nelson
1980, Marine Geology (36) 97-126
The Yukon River, the largest single source of Bering Sea sediment, delivers > 95% of its sediment load at the southwest comer of Norton Sound during the ice-free months of late May through October. During this period, surface winds in the northern Bering Sea area are generally light from the...
Sedimentology and geochemistry of surface sediments, outer continental shelf, southern Bering Sea
J.V. Gardner, W.E. Dean, T.L. Vallier
1980, Marine Geology (35) 299-329
Present-day sediment dynamics, combined with lowerings of sea level during the Pleistocene, have created a mixture of sediments on the outer continental shelf of the southern Bering Sea that was derived from the Alaskan Mainland, the Aleutian Islands, and the Pribilof ridge. Concentrations of finer-grained, higher-organic sediments in the region...
Mesozoic and Cenozoic structural trends under southern Bering Sea shelf
Michael S. Marlow, Alan K. Cooper
1980, AAPG Bulletin (64) 2139-2155
Mesozoic rocks exposed near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula form an antiformal structure that flanks the southern side of Bristol Bay basin and that can be traced with geophysical data about 700 km offshore to the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands. Upper Jurassic sandstone and Upper Cretaceous mudstone dredged...
Circum-arctic plate accretion - Isolating part of a pacific plate to form the nucleus of the Arctic Basin
M. Churkin Jr., J.H. Trexler Jr.
1980, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (48) 356-362
A mosaic of large lithospheric plates rims the Arctic Ocean Basin, and foldbelts between these plates contain numerous allochthonous microplates. A new model for continental drift and microplate accretion proposes that prior to the late Mesozoic the Kula plate extended from...
Biogenic and thermogenic origins of natural gas in Cook Inlet basin, Alaska.
George E. Claypool, C. N. Threlkeld, L. B. Magoon
1980, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (64) 1131-1139
Two types of natural gas occurrences are present in the Cook Inlet basin. The major reserves (1.8 × 1011m3) occur in shallow (less than 2,300 m), nonassociated dry gas fields that contain methane with ^dgr13C in the range of -63 to -56 per mil. These gas fields are in sandstones...
Ice-sheet glaciation of the Puget lowland, Washington, during the Vashon Stade (late Pleistocene)
R.M. Thorson
1980, Quaternary Research (13) 303-321
During the Vashon Stade of the Fraser Glaciation, about 15,000–13,000 yr B.P., a lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet occupied the Puget lowland of western Washington. At its maximum extent about 14,000 yr ago, the ice sheet extended across the Puget lowland between the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains and...