USGS OF 72-229

Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Haines area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards

• Authors:

  Lemke, R.W., and Yehle, L.A.

• Publication Date:

  1972

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Skagway

• Supersedes:

  OF 515

• Citation ID:

  10950

Bibliographic Reference

Lemke, R.W., and Yehle, L.A., 1972, Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Haines area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-229, 109 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • of72-0229.pdf (6.1 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Figure 3, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Haines area, Alaska, scale 1:24,000 (302.0 K)
  • Figure 4, Generalized map of Haines area showing sample locations, test holes, and line of seismic profile (111.0 K)

• Geospatial & Analytical Data

  These data products comply with our published AK GeMS standard. Download the ak_gems_db product to receive the full AK GeMS database and associated files. Download the gems_db (a.k.a. fed_gems_db) product to receive the data converted into the GeMS standard published by the USGS. Download the gems_shp (a.k.a. fed_gems_shp) product to receive simple shapefile representations of the data. For further information see the AK GeMS Database Project Page.

  Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Haines area	Data File Format	File Size	Info
  Download of1972_229_haines_eng_geo_ak_gems_db_pkg	Database files	13.0 M	Metadata - Read me
  Download of1972_229_haines_eng_geo_gems_db_pkg	Database files	12.9 M	Metadata - Read me
  Download of1972_229_haines_eng_geo_gems_shapefile_pkg	Shapefile	490.6 K	Metadata - Read me

Keywords

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