Surficial geology

 

This coverage was digitized from two USGS maps of Alaska geology titled Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations (West)  I-357 and Miscellaneous Geological Investigations (East) I-357 in association with the work of Karlstrom et. al. ,1964.  The scale of the original maps was 1:1,584,000.

 

Key attributes:

 

QCODE

DEPOSITETYPE

DEPOSITNAME

 Qi

 Glacier

Ice

 

 

 

 Qm4

 Current moraine

 Glacial moraines & drift

 Qm3

 Lightly modified moraine

 Glacial moraines & drift

 Qm2

 Moderately modified moraine

 Glacial moraines & drift

 Qm1

 Highly modified moraine

 Glacial moraines & drift

 

 

 

 Qg

 Proglacial lake

 Glacio-lacustrine

 Qm3

 Proglacial lake over moraine

 Glacio-lacustrine

 

 

 

 Qw2

 Current glacial outwash

 Glacio-fluvial

 Qw1

 Old glacial outwash

 Glacio-fluvial

 

 

 

 Qfp

 Floodplain

 Fluvial

 Qat

 Alluvial Terrace

 Fluvial

 Qaf

 Alluvial Fan

 Fluvial

 

 

 

 Qed

 Sand Dune

 Eolian

 Qed

 Upland Loess

 Eolian

 Qes

 Valley Loess & alluvium

 Eolian

 

 

 

 Qcb

 Beach

 Coastal

 Qcd

 Coastal Delta

 Coastal

 Qcc

 Old marine 7 alluvium

 Coastal

 

 

 

 Qu

 Undifferentiated mosaic

 Undifferentiated alluvium & colluvium

 

 

 

 Qra

 Bedrock & coarse rubble

 Mountain alluvium & colluvium

 Qrb

 Coarse & fine rubble

 Mountain alluvium & colluvium

 Qrc

 Fine rubble

 Mountain alluvium & colluvium

 Qrd

 Volcanic

 Mountain alluvium & colluvium

 Qre

 Alluvium over old alluvium

 Mountain alluvium & colluvium

 

 

 

 Ql

 Lake

 Water