Barry Arm landslide and tsunami hazard

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1642

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Barry Arm

• Parent Project:

  Alaska Landslide Hazards Program

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Multi agency effort to study, monitor, and inform the public about the large unstable steep slope in the Barry Arm fjord 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Whittier. Funded in part by a U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Agreement (Grant Number G21AC10362-00)

• Project Date(s):

  2020 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Salisbury, J. Barrett

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  De Anne S. P. Stevens, Gabriel J. Wolken, Ronnie P. Daanen, J. Barrett Salisbury, Katreen M. Wikstrom Jones, Mort C. Larsen

Publications

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RDF 2026-5

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., and Daanen, R.P., 2026, Lidar-derived elevation data for Barry Arm landslide, southcentral Alaska, October 16, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2026-5, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31970

RDF 2026-6

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Wolken, G.J., 2026, Lidar-derived elevation data for upper Barry Arm fjord, southcentral Alaska, collected August 1, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2026-6, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31971

RDF 2025-8

Zechmann, J.M., Wolken, G.J., and Wikstrom Jones, K.M., 2025, Lidar-derived elevation data for Barry Arm, southcentral Alaska, collected September 19, 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2025-8, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31520

RDF 2021-5

Wikstrom Jones, K.M., Wolken, G.J., Daanen, R.P., and Herbst, A.M., 2021, Photogrammetry-derived orthoimagery and elevation data for Barry Arm landslide, southcentral Alaska, June 27, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-5, 6 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30596

RDF 2021-3

Daanen, R.P., Wolken, G.J., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Herbst, A.M., 2021, High resolution lidar-derived elevation data for Barry Arm landslide, southcentral Alaska, June 26, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-3, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30593

RDF 2021-1

Daanen, R.P., Wolken, G.J., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Herbst, A.M., 2021, Lidar-derived elevation data for upper Barry Arm, southcentral Alaska, June 26, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-1, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30589