AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Engineering-geologic map of the Chulitna region, southcentral Alaska

This map is the result of field investigations by DGGS in 1997 and 1998. This geologic map and report supersede the previously released Public Data File 1999-24D, Preliminary engineering-geologic map of the Healy A-6 Quadrangle, southcentral Alaska. The current map has been updated to include mapping of areas adjacent to the Healy A-6 Quadrangle. Field investigations were part of a two-year mapping program to provide geologic ground truth for airborne geophysical surveys flown by DGGS in the Chulitna region of southcentral Alaska during 1996.

Tags: alaska, chulitna, engineering, geologic hazards, geology, healy quadrangle, photogeologic lineaments, southcentral alaska, state of, statemap project
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. Bare-earth digital elevation models (DEM) represent the earth's surface with all vegetation and human-made structures removed.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, bare-earth digital elevation model (dem), gasline, geomorphology, lidar, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, sagavanirktok quadrangle, state of, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Tanacross Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (light detection and ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The digital surface model represents percent canopy cover (between 0 and 1). Cover metric was computed in Fusion (McGaughey 2007), which assesses the percentage of total first returns within each cell that were returned from the canopy. For more specifics on Fusion Gridmetric outputs see the fusion manual (page 56).

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar canopy cover, pipeline, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, tanacross quadrangle, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
Preliminary final version of part of the airborne geophysical data from the Styx River survey, southcentral Alaska; Parts of the Lime Hills and Tyonek quadrangles

This digital publication, GPR 2008-2, contains 'preliminary final' geophysical data that were produced from airborne geophysical surveys conducted in 2007 for the eastern part of the Styx River survey area, southcentral Alaska. Aeromagnetic and electromagnetic data were acquired for about 180-sq miles of a 708-sq mile survey in 2007. The remaining survey data will be acquired in early spring 2008, processed, and released to the public later in 2008 as GPR 2008-3. Upon its completion, the new data will be merged with this preliminary final dataset. 'Preliminary final' denotes that the data has been processed to the final stage but the merging process may require minor changes to the maps and data. Slightly revised maps will replace these maps when the data for the entire survey is released as GPR 2008-3. Similarly, the database and grids will be expanded, any may contain slightly different data near the merging edges of this data contained on this CD-ROM. Data provided in GPR 2008-2 include processed (1) linedata ASCII database, (2) gridded files of magnetic data, a calculated vertical magnetic gradient (first vertical derivative), apparent resistivity data, and a digital elevation model, (3) flight lines in vector format, and maps of the five geophysical grids in PDF format. Data are described in more detail in the "GPR2008-2Readme.pdf" and "PF_EastStyx-Linedata.txt" files included on the CD-ROM.

Tags: aeromagnetic data, aeromagnetic map, airborne geophysical survey, alaska, apparent resistivity data, apparent resistivity map, dighem v em system, digital elevation model, electromagnetic data, first vertical derivative, geophysics, hem survey, lime hills quadrangle, mcgrath mining district, state of, tyonek quadrangle, yentna mining district
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (light detection and ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The digital surface model represents percent canopy cover (between 0 and 1). Cover metric was computed in Fusion (McGaughey 2007), which assesses the percentage of total first returns within each cell that were returned from the canopy. For more specifics on Fusion Gridmetric outputs see the fusion manual (page 56).

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar canopy cover, pipeline, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline, tyonek quadrangle
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. Bare-earth digital elevation models (DEM) represent the earth's surface with all vegetation and human-made structures removed.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, bare-earth digital elevation model (dem), gasline, geomorphology, lidar, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, talkeetna mountains quadrangle, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
2021 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project field station location data and descriptions: Wainwright, Atqasuk, and Utqiagvik, North Slope, Alaska

2021 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project field station location data and descriptions: Wainwright, Atqasuk, and Utqiagvik, North Slope, Alaska, Raw Data File 2023-4, presents 2021 field station location data and descriptions for an area of approximately 24,842 km2 in northwestern Alaska between Wainwright, Atqasuk, and Utqiagvik in support of a sand and gravel resource assessment for the Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) Project. This report includes locations and descriptions for 99 power-auger hole, outcrop, test pit, and surface exposure field sites. The data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30961.

Tags: dggs
Organization: State of Alaska
Surficial geology of Alaska Highway Corridor, Robertson River to Tetlin Junction, Alaska

During 2008-2010, the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys continued a program, begun in 2006, of reconnaissance mapping of surficial geology in the proposed natural-gas pipeline corridor through the upper Tanana River valley, a 12-mi-wide (19.3-km-wide) area that straddles the Alaska Highway through the upper Tanana River valley from the western boundaries of the Tanacross B-6 and C-6 Quadrangles near the mouth of the Robertson River eastward to the eastern boundaries of the Tanacross A-4 and B-4 Quadrangles near Tetlin Junction. Mapping during 2008-2010 in the Tanacross Quadrangle linked with mapping of surficial geology completed in the Big Delta and Mt. Hayes quadrangles in 2006-2007. Surficial geology was initially mapped in this second corridor segment by interpreting ~1:65,000-scale, false-color, infrared aerial photographs taken in July 1978, August 1980, and July 1983.Verification of photo mapping was accomplished during the 2008-2010 summer field season, when map units were described, soil pits were hand dug, and samples were collected for analyses.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska range, delta glaciation, donnelly glaciation, dot lake, dunes, eolian, geologic hazards, geologic map, geologic materials, geological process, geology, geomorphology, glacial deposits, glacier outburst flood, holocene, moraines, pleistocene, proposed natural gas pipeline, quaternary, remote sensing, robertson river, state of, surficial, surficial geology, tanacross, tanacross quadrangle, taylor highway, tok, tok river, transportation corridor, unconsolidated deposits
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Fairbanks Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (light detection and ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans.Lidar intensity images depict intensity values of the lidar-laser returns.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, fairbanks quadrangle, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar intensity image, proposed natural gas pipeline, remote sensing, shaded relief, state of, topographic map, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
Potential maximum permanent flooding, Cordova and Tatitlek, Alaska

This digital data distribution package provides post-earthquake shorelines for coastal areas near Cordova and Tatitlek, Alaska that become permanently flooded due to coseismic subsidence. Users can access the data, as well as additional metadata, from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30106.

Tags: cordova, tatitlek
Organization: State of Alaska
Geochemical reanalysis of historical U.S. Geological Survey sediment samples from the Tonsina area, Valdez Quadrangle, Alaska

The State of Alaska's Strategic and Critical Minerals (SCM) Assessment project, a State-funded Capital Improvement Project (CIP), is designed to evaluate Alaska's statewide potential for SCM resources. The SCM Assessment is being implemented by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), and involves obtaining new airborne-geophysical, geological, and geochemical data. For the geochemical part of the SCM Assessment, thousands of historical geochemical samples from DGGS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Bureau of Mines archives are being reanalyzed by DGGS using modern, quantitative, geochemical-analytical methods. The objective is to update the statewide geochemical database to more clearly identify areas in Alaska with SCM potential. For this report, DGGS funded reanalysis of 1,682 historical USGS sediment samples from the statewide Alaska Geochemical Database Version 2.0 (AGDB2; Granitto and others, 2013). Samples were chosen from an area covering Tonsina area, Valdez Quadrangle, Alaska. USGS was responsible for sample retrieval from the Denver warehouse through the final quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of the geochemical analyses obtained through the USGS contract lab. The new geochemical data are published in this report as a coauthored DGGS report, and will be incorporated into the statewide geochemical databases of both agencies.

Tags: alaska, analyses, analyses and sampling, anchorage quadrangle, chemistry, critical minerals, economic geology, economic study, geochemical data, geochemical surveys, geochemistry, geology, mineral assessment, mineral deposit, mineral development, mineral localities, mineral prospect, mineral resources, minerals, non-metals, platinum group elements, precious metals, rare earth elements, ree, resource assessment, resource information, resources, sample location, sediment, state of, strategic and critical minerals assessment project, strategic minerals, stream sediments, trace elements, trace geochemical, trace metals, valdez quadrangle
Organization: State of Alaska
Alaska Minerals Database

DGGS Digital Data Series 18, Alaska Minerals Database, is a working, internal database that supports multiple data products developed by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), including the Alaska Mineral Industry Report series (https://dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/minerals) and a web service of significant mineral industry occurrences and industry activity in 2020. DGGS anticipates developing additional products from the database in the future. This abstract and data dictionary will be updated as more of the database becomes publicly available over time. The full, unpublished database contains information about significant mineral occurrences in Alaska, including industry activity by year, mineral resource estimates, mine production statistics by year, and an interpreted mineral system type using the classification scheme of Hofstra and Kreiner (2020). The database also associates records in Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF; U.S. Geological Survey, 1996) with significant mineral occurrences, as interpreted by DGGS. DGGS annually compiles mineral industry information from past-year statements issued by companies, including press releases and corporate annual and financial reports, as well as phone interviews, replies to questionnaires, and news media articles. Only publicly available data compiled by DGGS are visible; confidential data are incorporated into statewide figures. The database is actively updated as new mineral activity data become available each year. Property information and previous years' data will be updated to resolve errors, reflect new geologic interpretations, and display newly available data. Consequently, products developed from the database may change over time as information and figures are updated. DGGS encourages members of the public to contact DGGS' Mineral Resources Section staff to discuss potential changes to the data or errors to be resolved in our derivative products. The data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30873.

Tags: alaska, barite, copper, critical minerals, dggs, exploration, geologic, geologic communications, geology, gold, graphite, lead, mineral assessment, mineral deposit, mineral development, mineral exploration, mineral localities, mineral prospect, mineral resources, minerals, mining, mining claims, molybdenum, precious metals, production data, project report, rare earth elements, ready-mix concrete, resource assessment, resource information, resource model, resources, silver, state of, zinc
Organization: State of Alaska
Storm impact survey data for selected Alaska coastal communities in response to Extra-Tropical Cyclone Merbok, September 2022

Storm impact survey data for selected Alaska coastal communities in response to Extra-Tropical Cyclone Merbok, September 2022, Raw Data File 2022-14, presents Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) high-water mark (HWM) locations and elevations, coastal profile transects, observed erosion evidence, and ground elevation points for the communities of Golovin, Hooper Bay, Newtok, Nome, Shaktoolik, Stebbins, and Teller, Alaska. These data were collected in the wake of Extra-Tropical Storm Merbok between September 19 and September 23, 2022 by Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), with assistance from the Alaska Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The GNSS positional data were collected to assess coastal impacts from the storm. The data are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/30909.

Tags: beach deposits, climate, climate change, coastal, coastal and river, coastal erosion, dggs, engineering, engineering geology, environment, environmental, geologic, geologic hazards, geological process, geology, geotechnical, holocene, inundation, nome, project report, sea level changes, sea level rise, seward peninsula, southwest alaska, storm deposit, storm surge, surface, surface water, surficial, surficial geology, topography, water
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The dataset represents all classified laser returns from the lidar survey and their associated geospatial coordinates.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar las file format, point cloud data, proposed natural gas pipeline, remote sensing, state of, talkeetna mountains quadrangle, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (light detection and ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. This digital surface model represents coefficient of variation of the above ground height of vegetation returns.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, anchorage quadrangle, coefficient variation, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, proposed natural gas pipeline, raster image, remote sensing, state of, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska
Shoreline change at Alaska coastal communities, Quinhagak, Alaska

The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys has analyzed long-term shoreline change at 48 Alaska communities. Shoreline datasets were compiled from previously published U.S. Geological Survey assessments and created from historical and recent aerial images by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. Shorelines were analyzed to calculate shoreline change rates every 25 meters along coastlines and tidally influenced riverbanks using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS; Himmelstoss and others, 2018). The geodatabase for each community includes shoreline positions, the alongshore baseline used to cast transects, and transects that include shoreline change rates and statistics. All files can be downloaded free of charge from the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys website (http://doi.org/10.14509/30552).

Tags: aerial, aerial photography, alaska, coastal, dggs, emergency preparedness, engineering, environmental, erosion, flood, floodplain, geology, hazards, inundation, marine geology, outreach, quinhagak, sea level changes, shelf, shoreface, storm surge, surface, tides, topography, water
Organization: State of Alaska
High-resolution lidar data for infrastructure corridors, Tanana Quadrangle, Alaska

In advance of design, permitting, and construction of a pipeline to deliver North Slope natural gas to out-of-state customers and Alaska communities, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has acquired lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data along proposed pipeline routes, nearby areas of infrastructure, and regions where significant geologic hazards have been identified. Lidar data will serve multiple purposes, but have primarily been collected to (1) evaluate active faulting, slope instability, thaw settlement, erosion, and other engineering constraints along proposed pipeline routes, and (2) provide a base layer for the state-federal GIS database that will be used to evaluate permit applications and construction plans. The dataset represents ground-classified laser returns from the lidar survey and their associated geospatial coordinates.

Tags: alaska, alaska highway corridor, alaska pipeline, gasline, geomorphology, lidar, lidar las file format, point cloud data, proposed natural gas pipeline, remote sensing, state of, tanana quadrangle, trans-alaska pipeline
Organization: State of Alaska