Surficial-geologic map of the Kivalina area, northwest Alaska

Surficial-geologic map of the Kivalina area, northwest Alaska, Preliminary Interpretive Report 2024-8, shows the distribution of unconsolidated deposits and bedrock exposed at the surface in portions of the southern Noatak D-6, southwestern Noatak D-5, and northwestern Noatak C-5 quadrangles near Kivalina, Alaska. We mapped units by interpreting: (1) aerial photographs taken in 1952, 1978, 1980, and 2003; (2) Worldview satellite data collected in 2008 and 2009; and (3) Spot5 satellite imagery collected in 2010 and 2020. We verified mapping from 2010 field investigations by Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) staff. Map unit descriptions are modified from Mayfield and others (1987) and use data collected during DGGS fieldwork. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31300.

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  • United States
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  • akalugram creek
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  • alluvial deposits
  • alluvial fan
  • alluvium
  • asikpak lagoon
  • asikpak mountain
  • asikpak river
  • auvom creek
  • baird group
  • basalt
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  • bedrock
  • chert
  • chukchi sea
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  • company mountain
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  • etivluk group
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  • gems db v2
  • holocene
  • igneous
  • igneous rocks
  • igrugaivik creek
  • imikruk lagoon
  • imnakuk bluff
  • imnakuk creek
  • imnauralik cliff
  • itiviak pass
  • jurassic
  • kalgiksuk creek
  • kangiligaurak creek
  • kasigiaglik bar
  • kavrorak hill
  • kavrorak lagoon
  • kavrorak springs
  • kayak shale
  • kayakturiak creek
  • kikiaktaurvik
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  • kisaymaruktuk mountain
  • kisimigiuktuk hill
  • kivalik inlet
  • kivalina
  • kivalina lagoon
  • kivalina river
  • limestone
  • lisburne mining district
  • mississippian
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  • nuyakaglik lakes
  • okpikruak formation
  • okpiksugruk
  • okpiksugruk creek
  • onak
  • otuk formation
  • pennsylvanian
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  • pleistocene
  • sedimentary rocks
  • siagrorak
  • sigvu inlet
  • sigvu lagoon
  • siksikpuk formation
  • silt
  • simik hill
  • singauk entrance
  • sivuchek mountain
  • sivutsiak hill
  • statemap project
  • tagiunituk creek
  • tatigirok creek
  • tatigirok hill
  • tatsimisa
  • terrace
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  • terranes
  • triassic
  • tugak lagoon
  • ukpiksuk
  • umarachek creek
  • umarachek peak
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notes Surficial-geologic map of the Kivalina area, northwest Alaska, Preliminary Interpretive Report 2024-8, shows the distribution of unconsolidated deposits and bedrock exposed at the surface in portions of the southern Noatak D-6, southwestern Noatak D-5, and northwestern Noatak C-5 quadrangles near Kivalina, Alaska. We mapped units by interpreting: (1) aerial photographs taken in 1952, 1978, 1980, and 2003; (2) Worldview satellite data collected in 2008 and 2009; and (3) Spot5 satellite imagery collected in 2010 and 2020. We verified mapping from 2010 field investigations by Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) staff. Map unit descriptions are modified from Mayfield and others (1987) and use data collected during DGGS fieldwork. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website: http://doi.org/10.14509/31300.
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title Surficial-geologic map of the Kivalina area, northwest Alaska