Tyonek - Capps Glacier area
Project Details
Project ID:
727
Nickname/Abbreviation:
Tyonek
Parent Project:
Cook Inlet geology and hydrocarbon potential
Status:
Active
Description:
Bedrock and Quaternary geologic map of the Tyonek-Capps Glacier area, northwestern Cook Inlet, Alaska; STATEMAP grant no. G10AC00321 and G09AC00177
Project Date(s):
2009 - present
Primary Contact:
Gillis, Robert J.
DGGS section:
Energy Resources
Project Participants:
Paul L. Decker, Richard D. Reger, Marwan A. Wartes, De Anne S. P. Stevens, Lawrence K. Freeman, Robert J. Gillis, David J. Mauel, Brent A. Elliott, Diane P. Shellenbaum, Laura S. Gregersen, Trystan M. Herriott
Stations/Samples:
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Publications
- RDF 2016-5
- Freeman, L.K., Gillis, R.J., Elliott, B.A., and Wypych, Alicja, 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2010 in the Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-5, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29651
- RI 2015-7
- Reger, R.D., Stevens, D.S.P., and Koehler, R.D., 2015, Surficial geology of the Tyonek area, south-central Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2015-7, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/29471
- RI 2014-2
- Herriott, T.M., Nye, C.J., Reger, R.D., Wartes, M.A., LePain, D.L., and Gillis, R.J., 2014, Geologic context, age constraints, and sedimentology of a Pleistocene volcaniclastic succession near Mount Spurr volcano, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2014-2, 35 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/27261
- RDF 2010-1 v. 1.1
- Loveland, A.M., 2014, Results of mercury-injection capillary pressure tests on outrcrop samples in the Tyonek area of Cook Inlet: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2010-1 v. 1.1, 102 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/20481
- RDF 2012-1
- Zippi, P.A., and Loveland, A.M., 2012, Palynological analysis of 228 outcrop samples from the Kenai, Seldovia, and Tyonek quadrangles, Cook Inlet region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2012-1, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/23723
- PIR 2011-1
- Koehler, R.D., and Reger, R.D., 2011, Reconnaissance evaluation of the Lake Clark fault, Tyonek area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2011-1, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/22221
- PIR 2009-4
- Finzel, E.S., Gillis, R.J., Ridgway, K.D., and LePain, D.L., 2009, Preliminary evaluation of basin margin exhumation and provenance of Cenozoic strata, Chuitna and Beluga rivers area, Cook Inlet forearc basin, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-4, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/19641
- PIR 2009-3
- Gillis, R.J., LePain, D.L., Ridgway, K.D., and Finzel, E.S., 2009, A reconnaissance view of an unnamed fault near Capps Glacier, northwestern Cook Inlet basin, and its potential as a regional-scale, basin-controlling structure: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-3, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/19503
Posters and Presentations
- Gillis, R.J. and others, 2016
- Gillis, R.J., Shellenbaum, D.P., Herriott, T.M., Mauel, D.J., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Freeman, L.K., LePain, D.L., Gregersen, L.S., Elliott, B.A., Benowitz, J.A., and O'Sullivan, P.B., 2016, Results of new 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping and related field studies in the south-central Tyonek Quadrangle, south-central Alaska: Middle Eocene transtension and post-Oligocene inversion on the northwest periphery of the Cook Inlet forearc basin (poster): Alaska Geological Society Technical conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 22, 2016: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29672
Annual Reports
- AR 2013-C
- DGGS Staff, 2014, Engineering Geology FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-C, p. 53-65. https://doi.org/10.14509/27003
- AR 2011-A
- LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Clough, J.G., 2012, Energy Resources FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-A, p. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.14509/23303
- AR 2011-C
- Stevens, D.S.P., Koehler, R.D., Wolken, G.J., Kinsman, N.E.M., Hubbard, T.D., and Combellick, R.A., 2012, Engineering Geology FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-C, p. 49-61. https://doi.org/10.14509/23305
- AR 2010-A
- LePain, D.L., Clough, J.G., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2011, Energy Resources FY11 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010-A, p. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.14509/22181