Description
Surficial geology and geohazards in the Alaska Highway corridor, Alaska, Professional Report 124, presents geologic mapping along the Alaska Highway corridor from Delta Junction to the Canada border. This work supports future infrastructure decisions. We used airphoto and lidar interpretations, helicopter surveys, and ground reconnaissances to perform detailed Quaternary geologic mapping and evaluate potential geohazards. This report compiles the Division's field mapping from 2006 through 2012 and details the Quaternary depositional history and geohazards in the corridor. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website: http://doi.org/10.14509/29701.
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Tags
- active fault
- aerial
- aerial geology
- aerial photography
- alaska range
- alluvial
- alluvial deposits
- arrow creek
- bear creek
- bedrock geology
- berry creek
- cathedral rapids
- chief creek
- chisana mining district
- chisana river
- cockscomb creek
- colluvial deposits
- colluvium
- debris flow
- debris flow deposit
- deltaic facies
- delta junction
- delta river
- delta river mining district
- dry creek
- engineering
- engineering geologic map
- engineering geology
- environmental
- eolian
- esker
- faulting
- faults
- flood
- floodplain
- floodplain alluvium
- fluvial
- fortymile mining district
- gardiner creek
- gelifluction
- gems db l3 compliant
- gems db v1pt1
- gerstle river
- gis
- glacial
- glacial deposits
- goodpaster mining district
- granite creek
- granite mountain
- gravel
- hajdukovich creek
- holocene
- johnson river
- lacustrine
- lacustrine sedimentation
- lake george
- landslide deposit
- late pliocene
- liquefaction
- loess
- long lake
- macomb plateau
- midway lake
- moon lake
- moraines
- northway
- outwash
- outwash fan
- paludal
- permafrost
- pingos
- pleistocene
- radiocarbon ages
- radiocarbon dating
- robertson river
- rock glaciers
- sand
- sand and gravel
- sawmill creek
- sheep creek
- slope
- stuver creek
- surficial
- surficial geologic map
- surficial geology
- talus
- tanana river
- tertiary
- tetlin junction
- thawing permafrost
- thaw lakes
- thermokarst
- tok
- tok mining district
- tok river
- tower bluffs
- unconsolidated deposits
- undifferentiated bedrock
- yukon-tanana upland