Summary of Quaternary Geology of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska

Author(s): Randall G. Updike; Henry R. Schmoll; Lynn A. Yehle

Year: 1999

Summary

This report discusses the quaternary geology of the Upper Cook Inlet region which is dominated by deposits of glacier retreats that followed repeated advances from both adjacent and more distant mountains. At several levels high on the mountains, there are remnant glacial deposits and other features of middle or older Pleistocene age.

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Summary of Quaternary Geology of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Randall G. Updike, Henry R. Schmoll, Lynn A. Yehle. 1999 ( tDAR id: 457971) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457971

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Keywords

Site Name
Chugach Mountain Front

Investigation Types
Environment Research • Systematic Survey

General
Bedrock Structure • Bootlegger Cove Formation • Colluvial Deposits • Cultural Resources • Deltaic Deposits • Earthquake • eolian • Eustacy • Geological Survey • Geology • Glacial Deposits • Glacier Deposits • Interglacial Deposits • Isostasy • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson • Landslides • Peat • Permafrost • Pond • Quaternary Deposits • Rock Glaciers • Tectonics

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Anchorage, AK • Cook Inlet • Elmendorf Moraine • Mule Creek

Temporal Keywords
Holocene • Pleistocene

Spatial Coverage

min long: -150.152; min lat: 61.041 ; max long: -149.363; max lat: 61.381 ;

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