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Alaska Geologic MappingA Role for Coastal Data
Allison Till of the Mineral Resources Program held a one-day workshop with the Alaska Division of Geology and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS) on September 6th. USGS representatives came from the following disciplines: Mineral Resources, Earthquakes, Landslides, Coastal and Marine (Peter Barnes), Earth Surface Processes, and Geophysics. Alaska state participants included specialists in resources, engineering geology, and geophysics. The agenda was to:
Of potential interest to the Coastal and Marine Geology Program is the ongoing Mineral Resources Program's effort to assemble a national geologic-map database (likely at a scale of 1:500,000 in Alaska) that can be used for mineral assessment. There is awareness in Alaska that offshore information should be incorporated into this database where available. Three topics related to mapping in Alaska were identified by the group as worthy of additional discussion because of their geological and political importance. One-page issues papers are being prepared on these topics:
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in this issue: Florida Bay Red Grouper
cover story: Alaska Geologic Mapping |