Outer continental shelf oil and gas information program; Alaska index (December 1974 - June 1979)
J. Benton, T. McDowell, W. Conner
1979, Open-File Report 79-1345
As part of a national goal to reduce dependence on foreign energy sources, the United States is currently managing a program for leasing of OCS oil and gas resources. The areas potentially affected, consisting of 22 coastal states and Pennsylvania, can be grouped into four major areas: Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf...
The origin, distribution, and depositional history of gravel deposits on the Beaufort Sea Continental Shelf, Alaska
Craig A. Rodeick
1979, Open-File Report 79-234
Two distinct gravel populations are present on the Beaufort Sea continental shelf. First, a geographically arcuate deposit that is convex seaward has been designated as the Chert Facies. This deposit is restricted to landward of the 10 meter bathymetric contour and west of Heald Point. The Chert Facies, originally a...
The assessment of metallic mineral resources in Alaska
D.A. Singer, A.T. Ovenshine
1979, Open-File Report 78-1-A
Grain size, mineralogy, carbon/carbonate content, and age of Miocene and Pliocene samples from dredge hauls, DSDP holes 184B and 185, and the Sandy River Well, southern Bering Sea continental margin and Alaska Peninsula
Michael B. Underwood, T.L. Vallier, J.V. Gardner, J.A. Barron
1979, Open-File Report 79-450
A jointly supported program between the Bureau of Land Management and the U. S. Geological Survey, Pacific-Arctic Branch of Marine Geology was undertaken in the Southern Bering Sea with funds managed by the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) Office. This report provides data from analyses that were performed...
Reconnaissance snow surveys of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, April 1977 and April-May 1978
Charles E. Sloan, Dennis Trabant, William Glude
1979, Open-File Report 79-1342
Reconnaissance snow surveys of the NPRA (National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska) were made in April 1977 and April-May 1978 to ascertain general snow characteristics and distribution patterns. Thirty-nine sites in 1977 and forty-one sites in 1978 were sampled to determine snow depth, density, structure, and snow-soil interface temperature. In addition,...
Gazetteer of coastal and offshore features of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas
Marybeth Gerin, Tau Rho Alpha
1979, Open-File Report 79-1563
This gazetteer presents the names of seafloor and coastal features of the Alaskan Arctic Coast. It includes the named features of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas south of 74°N latitude and the Alaskan coast from the Bering Strait to Demarcation Point. The gazetteer of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas is...
Reconnaissance survey for coal near Farewell, Alaska
E.G. Sloan, G. B. Shearer, J.E. Eason, C.L. Almquist
1979, Open-File Report 79-410
Knik Glacier, Alaska, May 1979 monument and glacier survey
Dennis C. Trabant, L.R. Mayo
1979, Open-File Report 80-48
From 1915, or earlier, to 1966, with the exception of 1963, Knik Glacier annually formed and released Lake George, the largest glacier-dammed lake in Alaska. Eleven geodetically controlled survey stations were defined in the basin, and 22 glacier surface altitudes were measured. This is the first effort in a continuing...
Occurrence of uranium in rocks of the intrusive complex at Ekiek Creek, western Alaska
Alan R. Wallace
1979, Open-File Report 79-1653
Uranium in the Ekiek Creek Complex of western Alaska is related to a niobium-rich pyrochlore in the nepheline syenite of the complex. The complex consists of an aegirine-phlogopite pyroxenite that has been intruded and partly replaced by nepheline syenite. The contact zone between the two igneous units varies from a...
Availability of palynomorph and foraminifera microscope slides from test wells of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; group 1
Roger J. Witmer
1979, Open-File Report 80-193
The first group of palynomorph (pollen, spores, dinoflagellates, acritarchs) and Foraminifera microscope slides prepared from test wells drilled during the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (N.P.R.A.) program and the earlier Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 (N.P.R.-4) program are now being made available for examination. Jurisdiction of N.P.R.-4 was transferred from...
Sediment transport in Norton Sound, Alaska
David A. Cacchione, David E. Drake
1979, Open-File Report 79-1555
Geology and physiography of the continental margin north of Alaska and implications for the origin of the Canada Basin
Arthur Grantz, Stephen L. Eittreim, O.T. Whitney
1979, Open-File Report 79-288
The continental margin north of Alaska is of Atlantic type. It began to form probably in Early Jurassic time but possibly in middle Early Cretaceous time, when the oceanic Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean is thought to have opened by rifting about a pole of rotation near the Mackenzie...
Gravity and magnetic profiles, and rock property data for the Shaviovik and Echooka Rivers area, North Slope, Alaska
D.M. Giovannetti, Kenneth J. Bird
1979, Open-File Report 79-1504
Core descriptions and preliminary observations of vibracores from the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf
Peter W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz, L.J. Toimil, D. K. Maurer, David McDowell
1979, Open-File Report 79-351
The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 1979 programs
Robert F. Gilmore, Linda-Lee Harris, Lisa D. Tennison
Katherine M. Reed, editor(s)
1979, Circular 804-A
This circular describes the 1979 programs of the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska. The mission of the Geological Survey is to identify the Nation 's land, water, energy, and mineral resources; to classify federally-owned mineral lands and water-power sites; to resolve the exploration and development of energy and natural resources...
Map showing geochemical distribution and abundance of tin in stream sediments and heavy mineral concentrates, Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska
R. J. Miller, G.C. Curtin, Bela Csejtey Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 78-558-E
No abstract available....
Marine seismic sonobuoy data from the Bering Sea region
Jonathan R. Childs, Alan K. Cooper
1979, Open-File Report 79-371
Throughout the field seasons of 1975 to 1978, the Geological Survey carried out an extensive program of seismic sonobuoy research aboard the R/V S.P. LEE over the entire Bering Sea region. 75 successful sonobuoy refraction and wide angle reflection stations were recorded over the shelf areas of Navarin Basin, St....
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: December 1979
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, S.P. Tilton
1979, Open-File Report 79-300-L
The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory;...
Geochemical maps showing the distribution and abundance of lead, zinc, and cadmium in the ash of black spruce needles and ground birch leaves from the Tanacross Quadrangle, Alaska
Gordon W. Day, G.C. Curtin, R. B. Tripp
1979, Open-File Report 79-1319
Maps showing inner shelf circulation patterns, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
P. W. Barnes, L.J. Toimil
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1125
Aeroradioactivity map of Kosciusko Island, Alaska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Open-File Report 79-831
Aeromagnetic and geologic interpretation maps of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska
Andrew Griscom
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 870-B
Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
William Wallace Patton Jr., Bela Csejtey Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-945
Aeromagnetic profiles of Bering Glacier, Mt. St. Elias, and Yakutat 1° by 3° quadrangles, Alaska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Open-File Report 79-224
No abstract available....
Map showing stream-sediment geochemical sample locations, Ambler River quadrangle, Alaska
Inyo F. Ellersieck
1979, Open-File Report 78-120-B
