Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) of Late Pleistocene age from Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Frank Clifford Whitmore Jr., Leonard Meade Gard Jr.
1977, Professional Paper 1036
An oilspill risk analysis for the western Gulf of Alaska (Kodiak Island) Outer Continental Shelf lease area
James Richard Slack, Richard Allmon Smith, Timothy Wyant
1977, Open-File Report 77-212
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Western Gulf of Alaska Outer Continental Shelf lease area. The study analyzed probability of spill occurrence, likely path of pollutants from spills, and locations in space and time of recreational and...
Preliminary foraminiferal biostratigraphy and correlation of selected stratigraphic sections and wells in the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province
Weldon W. Rau, George Plafker, Gary R. Winkler
1977, Open-File Report 77-747
As part of ongoing research by the U.S. Geological Survey on the geology and resource potential of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary Province, a vast amount of data has been accumulated over the past 25 years on the lithology and paleontology of bedded rocks in the province. This report brings...
Reported observations of icebergs from Columbia Glacier in Valdez Arm and Columbia Bay, Alaska, during the summer of 1976
Austin Post
1977, Open-File Report 77-235
Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords Wilderness Study Area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data
Henry C. Berg, Raymond L. Elliott, James G. Smith, T. L. Pittman, A.L. Kimball, Andrew Griscom
1977, Bulletin 1403
No abstract available....
Catalog of seismograph stations operated in support of the ERDA Nevada Operations Office, January 1964 thru June 1976
R. Navarro, Geraldine M. Wuollet, B.R. Bradley
1977, Open-File Report 77-404
The seismograph stations listed in this catalog were established over the period January 1964 through June 1976 in support of the Energy Research and Development Administration, Nevada (ERDA/NV) underground weapons testing program at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), central Nevada, and Amchitka, Alaska. For station listings before 1964 see Coast...
Aquatic organisms from selected sites along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor, September 1970 to September 1972: supplement
Jon W. Nauman, Donald R. Kernodle
1977, Open-File Report 77-634
This report is a supplement to earlier preconstruction studies of benthic invertebrates and water quality at selected sites along the trans-Alaska pipeline corridor. Some of the problems which arose during the course of data collection and analysis are discussed. Benthic invertebrate abundance and community-structure data are presented for 20 sites...
Surface sedimentary units of the Gulf of Alaska continental shelf: Montague Island to Yakutat Bay
Bruce F. Molnia
1977, Open-File Report 77-30
Four major sedimentary units occur on the sea floor of the continental shelf in the northern Gulf of Alaska. These units, defined on the basis of seismic and sedimentologic data, are: (1) Holocene sediments, (2) Holocene mind moraines, C3) Quaternary glacial marine sediments, and (4) Tertiary and Pleistocene lithified deposits. A...
Progress report on uranium investigations in the Zane Hills area, west-central Alaska
Thomas P. Miller, Raymond L. Elliott
1977, Open-File Report 77-428
The Zane Hills pluton underlies a mountainous area of about 460 km2 in west-central Alaska and is locally enriched in uranium and thorium (Miller and Ferrians, 1968; Miller, 1970; Staatz and Miller, 1976). While over 90 percent of the pluton consists of granodiorite with average contents of uranium and thorium,...
Geologic interpretation of a radioactivity anomaly near the west fork of the Buckland River, western Alaska
Thomas P. Miller
1977, Open-File Report 77-372
A large part of western Alaska has been included in a uranium- thorium metallogenic province (Clark and others, 1974; Miller and Bunker, 1976; Miller, 1976) chiefly because of the occurrence of uraniferous plutonic rocks with local concentrations of uranium minerals. Recently, however, anomalous amounts of uranium and thorium have been...
Organic geochemistry, lithology, and paleontology of Tertiary and Mesozoic rocks from wells on the Alaska Peninsula
Hugh James McLean
1977, Open-File Report 77-813
Core chips and drill cuttings from eight of the nine wells drilled along the Bering Sea lowlands of the Alaska Peninsula were subjected to lithologic and paleontologic analyses. Results suggest that at least locally, sedimentary rocks of Tertiary age contain oil and gas source and reservoir rocks capable of generating...
Shelled benthic fauna of the eastern Chukchi Sea
Dennis M. Mann
1977, Open-File Report 77-672
The purposes of this study were to identify the benthic shelled infauna and epifauna of the eastern Chukchi Sea, compile species lists and distribution maps, determine recurrent groups of species (communities), and examine the environmental parameters that may control the distribution of the faunal groups. The study was partly supported...
Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska
E.M. MacKevett Jr., Carleen D. Holloway
1977, Open-File Report 77-169-F
No abstract available....
Map showing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in eastern southern Alaska
E.M. MacKevett Jr., Carleen D. Holloway
1977, Open-File Report 77-169-A
No abstract available....
Channel erosion surveys along the TAPS route, Alaska, 1977
Robert M. Loeffler, Joseph M. Childers
1977, Open-File Report 78-611
Channel surveys were made along the trans-Alaska pipeline system (TAPS) route during 1977 at the same 28 sites that were studied in 1976. In addition, a new site at pipeline mile 22 near Deadhorse (alignment No 134) along the Sagavanirktok River was put under surveillance. Except for changes wrought by...
Sub-sea temperatures and a simple tentative model for offshore permafrost at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Arthur H. Lachenbruch, B. Vaughn Marshall
1977, Open-File Report 77-395
In this report, we present temperatures measured in three holes drilled into the sea bed in the Prudhoe Bay region and a tentative interpretation of them in terms of the gross thermal regime and shoreline history of the area. The new holes (PB-1, PB-2, and PB-3, Figure 1) were drilled...
Digital processing of a 24 channel, single-fold seismic reflection line from Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska
B. A. Kososki, Robert C. Anderson
1977, Open-File Report 77-707
Study of heavy minerals from Tertiary rocks at Capps Glacier and adjacent areas, southern Alaska
John Stewart Kelley
1977, Open-File Report 77-502
Review of exploration geochemical surveys on Seward Peninsula, Western Alaska
C. L. Hummel
1977, Open-File Report 77-796-D
No abstract available....
Map showing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
1977, Open-File Report 77-796-B
Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska
Joseph McCormick Hoare, Edward Huntington Cobb
1977, Open-File Report 77-156
These summaries of references are designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles in southwestern Alaska. All references to reports of the Geological Survey, to most reports of the U.S. Bureau...
Distribution of clay minerals in lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Shelf sediment, Alaska
James R. Hein, Arnold H. Bouma, Monty A. Hampton
1977, Open-File Report 77-581
Distribution and character of naleds in northeastern Alaska
Deborah Harden, Peter W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz
1977, Open-File Report 77-91
An examination of the distribution of river naleds seen in Landsat satellite imagery and high- and low-altitude aerial photography of Alaska's North Slope indicates that these features are widespread east of the Colville River and less abundant to the west. Where naleds occur, stream channels are wide and often form...
Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska
Donald G. Grybeck
1977, Open-File Report 77-166-C
No abstract available....
Spectrographic analyses of heavy-mineral concentrate samples and chemical analyses of organic samples from Chandalar Quadrangle, Alaska
D.E. Detra, S.C. Smith, D. A. Risoli, G.W. Day
1977, Open-File Report 77-543