USGS OF 72-454

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

• Authors:

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

• Publication Date:

  1972

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Skagway

• Supersedes:

  OF 550

• Citation ID:

  10971

Bibliographic Reference

Yehle, L.A., and Lemke, R.W., 1972, Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Skagway area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-454, 108 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:96,000.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • of72-0454.pdf (5.4 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Figure 4, Map of Skagway and vicinity, Alaska, showing major man-made features, location of selected test holes, and levels of flooding from hypothetical, abnormal water waves, scale 1:96,000 (238.0 K)
  • Figure 5, Reconnaissance geologic map of Skagway and vicinity, Alaska, scale 1:96,000 (317.0 K)
  • Figure 10, Profile A-A' part of lower Skagway valley and Skagway river delta and data from selected test holes (83.0 K)
  • Figure 15, Map of Skagway and vicinity, Alaska, showing faults or other lineaments and large inferred landslides (255.0 K)

Keywords

Earthquake; Engineering; Engineering Geology; Generalized; Geology

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