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This data lists the historically active volcanoes of Alaska and the year of the last major eruptive event. The volcanoes listed meet at least one of the following criteria since 1700 CE: (1) documented, unquestioned eruption, or (2) a strongly suspected eruption, often an eruption documented in the historical account with very little information (current geologic knowledge must not contradict the eruption account), or (3) persistent (usually on the order of decades, but certainly longer than several months) fumaroles, with temperatures (where measured) within ~10 degrees C of the boiling point, or (4) significant, measured, volcanic-related, non-eruptive deformation, (5) documented earthquake swarm with strongly...
Tags: Active Volcanoes,
Alaska Peninsula,
Alaska Statewide Maps,
Alaska, State of,
Aleutian Arc, All tags...
Aleutian Islands,
Coastal and River,
Coastal and River Hazards,
Geologic Hazards,
Geology,
Hazards,
Historic Eruption,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Eruption,
Volcano Hazards,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) uses an informal set of names for about 140 'volcanoes.' Some names refer to large, complex volcanic centers, while others indicate only a specific cone. This publication expands the list of 140 named volcanoes to include all volcanic vents where magma has reached the surface over the past 2.6 million years. This database of all known (published, or unpublished with permission) Quaternary volcanic vents was developed to better describe the nature and character of Quaternary volcanism in Alaska and specifically to aid in the discussion of spatial and temporal patterns of Alaska volcanism. This list is a preliminary starting point, and we hope that it is updated and expanded by...
Tags: Adak Quadrangle,
Alaska Peninsula,
Aleutian Islands,
Amukta Quadrangle,
Atka Quadrangle, All tags...
Baird Inlet Quadrangle,
Bendeleben Quadrangle,
Candle Quadrangle,
Chignik Quadrangle,
Cold Bay Quadrangle,
Cook Inlet,
Craig Quadrangle,
Fairbanks Quadrangle,
False Pass Quadrangle,
Gareloi Island Quadrangle,
Goodnews Bay Quadrangle,
Gulkana Quadrangle,
Hazards,
Healy Quadrangle,
Hooper Bay Quadrangle,
Iliamna Quadrangle,
Karluk Quadrangle,
Kenai Quadrangle,
Ketchikan Quadrangle,
Kiska Quadrangle,
Kotzebue Quadrangle,
Kwiguk Quadrangle,
Lake Clark Quadrangle,
Marshall Quadrangle,
McCarthy Quadrangle,
Mount Katmai Quadrangle,
Nabesna Quadrangle,
Naknek Quadrangle,
Nunivak Island Quadrangle,
Petersburg Quadrangle,
Port Moller Quadrangle,
Pribilof Islands Quadrangle,
Rat Islands Quadrangle,
Saint Lawrence Quadrangle,
Saint Michael Quadrangle,
Samalga Island Quadrangle,
Seguam Quadrangle,
Selawik Quadrangle,
Seward Peninsula,
Sitka Quadrangle,
Southeast Alaska,
Stepovak Bay Quadrangle,
Sutwik Island Quadrangle,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
Tyonek Quadrangle,
Ugashik Quadrangle,
Umnak Quadrangle,
Unalakleet Quadrangle,
Unalaska Quadrangle,
Unimak Quadrangle,
Valdez Quadrangle,
Volcanic Eruption,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
Wrangell Mountains,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
Potential tsunami hazards for the Alaska Peninsula communities of King Cove and Cold Bay were evaluated by numerically modeling the extent of inundation from tsunami waves generated by hypothetical earthquake sources and taking into account historical observations. Worst-case hypothetical scenarios are defined by analyzing the tsunami dynamics related to various slip distributions along the Aleutian megathrust. Our results show that the worst-case scenarios for King Cove and Cold Bay are thrust earthquakes in the western Alaska Peninsula region, with magnitudes ranging from Mw 8.9 to Mw 9.3, which have their greatest slip at 10-20 km (6-12 mi) depth. We also consider Tohoku-type ruptures and an outer-rise rupture...
Tags: Active Fault,
Alaska Peninsula,
Aleutian Islands,
Coastal,
Coastal and River Hazards, All tags...
Cold Bay,
Earthquake,
Earthquake Related Hazards,
Emergency Preparedness,
Engineering Geology,
Fault Displacement,
Faulting,
Flood,
Geologic Hazards,
Hazards,
Inundation,
King Cove,
Land Subsidence,
Landslide,
Modeling,
Raster Image,
Seismic Gap,
Seismic Hazards,
Tsunami,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
The State of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) is currently engaged in a multi-year study of the hydrocarbon potential of the Tertiary and Mesozoic strata in Cook Inlet basin. This report summarizes mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) data for 19 samples collected from the Indecision Creek Member of the Naknek Formation and the Kaguyak Formation type section. All samples were analyzed by PetroTech Associates, Houston, TX. PetroTech Associates found that the Kaguyak rocks were generally less porous and permeable compared to the Naknek, although there is some overlap in values. The capillary pressure data for this publication is provided in its native spreadsheet format. The manuscript...
Tags: Alaska Peninsula,
Analyses,
Analytical Results,
Cook Inlet,
Mercury, All tags...
Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure Analysis,
Oil and Gas,
Outcrop Samples,
Permeability,
Petroleum,
Petroleum Basin Study,
Porosity,
Reservoir,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
Mount Chiginagak is a hydrothermally active volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, approximately 170 km south-southwest of King Salmon, Alaska. This small stratovolcano, approximately 8 km in diameter, has erupted through Tertiary to Permian sedimentary and igneous rocks. The eruptive products of Chiginagak volcano record a history of chiefly andesite lava flows and associated block-and-ash flows. The oldest lavas exposed are Pleistocene in age and are found everywhere around the edifice except in the northeast sector, where Holocene lava flows dominate the landscape. Holocene activity has covered the northeast flank with rubbly-topped andesite lava flows that extend as far as 4.6 km from their source vent at the summit...
Tags: Alaska Peninsula,
Aleutian Range,
Analyses,
Chiginagak,
Gas, All tags...
Geochemistry,
Geochronology,
Geologic,
Geology,
Hazards,
Igneous,
Lahar,
Mount Chiginagak,
Neoglacial,
Pumice,
Rocks,
Sediment,
Sulfur,
Surface,
Surficial,
Tephra,
Ugashik Quadrangle,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Ash,
Volcanic Eruption,
Volcanic Gas,
Volcanic Rocks,
Volcaniclastic Deposits,
Volcaniclastics,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
Water,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
Potential tsunami hazard for the Alaska Peninsula communities of Chignik and Chignik Lagoon is evaluated by numerically modeling the extent of inundation from tsunami waves generated by hypothetical earthquake sources. Worst-case hypothetical scenarios are defined by analyzing results of a sensitivity study of the tsunami dynamics related to various slip distributions along the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust. The worst-case scenarios for Chignik area communities are thought to be thrust earthquakes along the Alaska Peninsula with their greatest slip at 5-35 km (3.1-22 mi) depth. We also consider Tohoku-type ruptures and an outer-rise rupture along the Alaska Peninsula. The maximum predicted water depth on Anderson Street...
Tags: Active Fault,
Alaska Peninsula,
Chignik,
Chignik Lagoon,
Coastal, All tags...
Coastal and River Hazards,
Earthquake,
Earthquake Related Hazards,
Emergency Preparedness,
Engineering Geology,
Fault Displacement,
Faulting,
Flood,
Geologic Hazards,
Hazards,
Inundation,
Land Subsidence,
Modeling,
Raster Image,
Seismic Gap,
Seismic Hazards,
Tsunami,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
Mount Chiginagak is a hydrothermally active volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, approximately 170 km south-southwest of King Salmon, Alaska. This small stratovolcano, approximately 8 km in diameter, has erupted through Tertiary to Permian sedimentary and igneous rocks. The eruptive products of Chiginagak volcano record a history of chiefly andesite lava flows and associated block-and-ash flows. The oldest lavas exposed are Pleistocene in age and are found everywhere around the edifice except in the northeast sector, where Holocene lava flows dominate the landscape. Holocene activity has covered the northeast flank with rubbly-topped andesite lava flows that extend as far as 4.6 km from their source vent at the summit...
Tags: Alaska Peninsula,
Aleutian Range,
Analyses,
Chiginagak,
Gas, All tags...
GeMS NCGMP09,
Geochemistry,
Geochronology,
Geologic,
Geology,
Hazards,
Igneous,
Lahar,
Mount Chiginagak,
Neoglacial,
Pumice,
Rocks,
Sediment,
Sulfur,
Surface,
Surficial,
Tephra,
Ugashik Quadrangle,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Ash,
Volcanic Eruption,
Volcanic Gas,
Volcanic Rocks,
Volcaniclastic Deposits,
Volcaniclastics,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
Water,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
This Raw Data File presents major-oxide glass geochemical results from the ca. 3.6 ka caldera-forming eruption of Aniakchak volcano, Alaska. These data are part of a larger effort to identify and characterize tephra deposits from the largest eruptions in Alaska for use as geochronological marker horizons. Aniakchak is one of at least 29 volcanoes in Alaska that has had multiple large tephra-producing eruptions. Other deposit and sample metadata including geospatial distributions of this tephra deposit are held in the Alaska Volcano Observatory's online database, the Geologic Database of Information on Volcanoes in Alaska (GeoDIVA), and will be linked to these new geochemical data once published. Products included...
Tags: Alaska Peninsula,
Analyses,
Analyses and Sampling,
Analytical Lab Results,
Analytical Results, All tags...
Aniakchak,
Archaeology,
Caldera,
Coastal,
Geochemistry,
Geologic,
Geology,
Glass,
Hazards,
Methods,
Minerals,
Tephra,
Tephrochronology,
Tephrostratigraphy,
Volcanic,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
This data lists the historically active volcanoes of Alaska and the year of the last major eruptive event. The volcanoes listed meet at least one of the following criteria since 1700 CE: 1) Documented, unquestioned eruption OR 2) A strongly suspected eruption, often an eruption documented in a historical account with very little information. Current geologic knowledge must not contradict the eruption account, OR 3) Persistent (usually on the order of decades, but certainly longer than several months) fumaroles, with temperatures (where measured) within approximately 10 degrees C of the boiling point, OR 4) Significant, measured, volcanic-related, non-eruptive deformation, OR 5) Documented earthquake swarm with strongly...
Tags: Active Volcanoes,
Alaska Peninsula,
Alaska Statewide Maps,
Alaska, State of,
Aleutian Arc, All tags...
Aleutian Islands,
Coastal and River,
Coastal and River Hazards,
Geologic Hazards,
Geology,
Hazards,
Historic Eruption,
Volcanic,
Volcanic Eruption,
Volcano Hazards,
Volcanoes,
Volcanology,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
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