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The engineering-geologic map is derived electronically, using Geographic Information System (GIS) software, from the surficial-geologic map of the second segment of the proposed natural gas pipeline corridor through the upper Tanana valley, a 12-mi-wide (19.3-km-wide) area that straddles the Alaska Highway through the upper Tanana River valley from the Robertson River eastward to near Tetlin Junction in the Tanacross Quadrangle (Reger and Hubbard, PIR 2009-6A). Surficial-geologic units were initially identified by interpretation of false-color ~1:65,000-scale infrared aerial photographs taken in July 1978, August 1980, and August 1981 and locally verified by field checking in 2007 and 2008. The map shows the distribution...
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alaska Range,
Alaska, State of,
Alluvial Deposits,
Climate Change, All tags...
Colluvial Deposits,
Construction Materials,
Crushed Gravel,
Crushed Rock,
Dot Lake,
Engineering,
Engineering Geology,
Floodplain,
Floods,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Geologic Materials,
Icings,
Land Subsidence,
Landslide,
Liquefaction,
Materials Site,
Permafrost,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Robertson River,
Sand & Gravel,
Subsidence,
Surficial Geology,
Tanacross,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
Taylor Highway,
Tok,
Tok River,
Transportation Corridor,
Unconsolidated Deposits,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
During 2008-2010, the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys continued a program, begun in 2006, of reconnaissance mapping of surficial geology in the proposed natural-gas pipeline corridor through the upper Tanana River valley, a 12-mi-wide (19.3-km-wide) area that straddles the Alaska Highway through the upper Tanana River valley from the western boundaries of the Tanacross B-6 and C-6 Quadrangles near the mouth of the Robertson River eastward to the eastern boundaries of the Tanacross A-4 and B-4 Quadrangles near Tetlin Junction. Mapping during 2008-2010 in the Tanacross Quadrangle linked with mapping of surficial geology completed in the Big Delta and Mt. Hayes quadrangles in 2006-2007. Surficial...
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alaska Range,
Alaska, State of,
Dot Lake,
Dunes, All tags...
Eolian,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Geologic Materials,
Geological Process,
Geology,
Geomorphology,
Glacial Deposits,
Glacier Outburst Flood,
Moraines,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Remote Sensing,
Robertson River,
Surficial,
Surficial Geology,
Tanacross,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
Taylor Highway,
Tok,
Tok River,
Transportation Corridor,
Unconsolidated Deposits,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
In 2005, the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys initiated a multi-year geologic field study focused on a corridor centered along the Alaska Highway between Delta Junction and the Canada border. The purpose of this project is to provide geologic information relevant to a proposed Alaska-Canada natural gas pipeline and other future development in the corridor. The scope of this project includes identification of active faults and characterization of seismic hazards. During the 2008 field season the active fault studies were focused on the central part of the corridor between Dot Lake and Tetlin Junction. Field studies included helicopter and fixed-wing air reconnaissance augmented by interpretation...
Tags: Active Fault,
Alaska Highway Corridor,
C14,
Dot Lake,
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Faulting,
Faults,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Robertson River,
Strike-Slip,
Structural Geology,
Structure,
Tanacross,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
Taylor Highway,
Tectonics,
Tetlin,
Thrust,
Tok,
Tok River,
Transportation Corridor,
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During 2006 and 2007 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted reconnaissance interpretive mapping of permafrost in Alaska Highway Corridor Segment 1, which straddles the Alaska Highway through the Tanana River valley from Delta Junction to the eastern boundary of the Mt. Hayes Quadrangle. Primarily, we inferred the extent of permafrost and ice content by interpreting ~1:63,360-scale, false-color infrared aerial photographs taken in August 1980.
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Big Delta,
Big Delta Quadrangle,
Delta Junction,
Delta River, All tags...
Dot Lake,
Engineering Geology,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Ice,
Lake George,
Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Permafrost,
Pingos,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Subsidence,
Tanana River,
Thaw Lakes,
Transportation Corridor, Fewer tags
During 2006 and 2007 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys conducted reconnaissance surficial-geologic mapping in segment 1 of the Alaska Highway corridor, which straddles the Alaska Highway through the Tanana River valley from Delta Junction to the eastern boundary of the Mt. Hayes Quadrangle. Surficial-geologic deposits were initially mapped by interpreting ~1:63,360-scale, false-color infrared aerial photographs taken in August 1980 and field verified in 2006-2007.
Tags: Age Dates,
Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alluvial Deposits,
Alluvial Fan,
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Big Delta,
Big Delta Quadrangle,
C14,
Colluvial Deposits,
Colluvium,
Delta Junction,
Delta River,
Depositional Environment,
Dot Lake,
Dunes,
Eolian,
Erosion,
Erratics,
Esker,
Faults,
Floodplain,
Floods,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Geologic Materials,
Geomorphology,
Glacial Deposits,
Glacial Drift,
Glacial Geology,
Glacial Hazards,
Glacial Lake,
Glacial Processes,
Gravel,
Ice Contact Deposits,
Jokulhlaups,
Lake George,
Lake Level,
Landslide,
Measured Sections,
Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Outburst Floods,
Outwash,
Paleoenvironment,
Paleosols,
Paludal,
Peat,
Permafrost,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Radiocarbon Dating,
Rock Glaciers,
Sand,
Soil,
Soils,
Surficial,
Surficial Geology,
Talus,
Tanana River,
Terrace,
Thaw Lakes,
Transportation Corridor,
Unconsolidated Deposits,
Water Table, Fewer tags
The engineering-geologic map, on two sheets, is derived electronically from the surficial-geologic map of the initial segment of the proposed natural gas pipeline corridor through the upper Tanana valley (Reger and others, PIR 2008-3a) using Geographic Information System (GIS) software. Surficial-geologic units were initially identified by interpretation of false-color ~1:63,000-scale infrared aerial photographs taken in July 1978, August 1980, and August 1981 and locally verified by field checking in 2006 and 2007. The map shows the distribution of surficial-geologic and bedrock units grouped genetically with common properties that are typically significant for engineering applications.
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alluvial Deposits,
Avalanche,
Big Delta,
Big Delta Quadrangle, All tags...
Colluvial Deposits,
Construction Materials,
Crushed Gravel,
Crushed Rock,
Delta Junction,
Delta River,
Dot Lake,
Engineering Geology,
Erosion,
Floodplain,
Floods,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Geologic Materials,
Glacial Deposits,
Icings,
Lake George,
Land Subsidence,
Landslide,
Liquefaction,
Materials Site,
Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Permafrost,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Sand & Gravel,
Subsidence,
Surficial Geology,
Tanana River,
Unconsolidated Deposits, Fewer tags
During 2008 the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) conducted reconnaissance interpretive mapping of permafrost in Alaska Highway Corridor Segment 2, a 12-mi-wide (19.3-km-wide) corridor that straddles the Alaska Highway through the upper Tanana River valley from the eastern boundary of the Mt. Hayes Quadrangle to the eastern edge of the Tanacross Quadrangle. This work was an extension of permafrost mapping done in Alaska Highway Corridor Segment 1 from Delta Junction to Dot Lake in the Big Delta and Mt. Hayes Quadrangles during 2006-2007. Primarily, we inferred the extent of permafrost and ice content by interpreting ~1:65,000-scale, false-color infrared aerial photographs taken in July 1978,...
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alaska Range,
Alaska, State of,
Climate Change,
Dot Lake, All tags...
Engineering Geology,
Gasline,
Geologic Hazards,
Geologic Map,
Geological Process,
Geology,
Ice,
Permafrost,
Pingos,
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline,
Remote Sensing,
Robertson River,
Subsidence,
Tanacross,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
Taylor Highway,
Thaw Lakes,
Tok,
Tok River,
Transportation Corridor,
geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags
During the 2006 and 2007 field seasons, geologic features indicative of possible youthful surface faulting in or near the Alaska Highway corridor between Delta Junction and Dot Lake were identified by helicopter and fixed-wing air reconnaissance, augmented by interpretation of stereo air photos, remotely sensed images, and aeromagnetic and electromagnetic (EM) datanction to the eastern boundary of the Mt. Hayes Quadrangle. The largest of these faults is the previously unrecognized Dot "T" Johnson fault, a major west-trending, south-dipping thrust fault bordering the northern margin of the Alaska Range along the south side of the Tanana River valley. Two other faults identified as active in this study, the Canteen...
Tags: Alaska Highway Corridor,
Alaska Pipeline,
Big Delta,
Big Delta Quadrangle,
C14, All tags...
Delta Junction,
Delta River,
Dot Lake,
Faulting,
Faults,
Geologic Hazards,
Mount Hayes Quadrangle,
Strike-Slip,
Structural Geology,
Structure,
Tanana River,
Thrust,
Transportation Corridor, Fewer tags
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