Summary of Quaternary Geology of the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska

• Main Authors: Updike, Randall G., Schmoll, Henry R., Yehle, Lynn A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Cook Inlet; Anchorage, AK; Elmendorf Moraine; Alaska State / Territory; Mule Creek; Holocene; Pleistocene; Chugach Mountain Front; Bootlegger Cove Formation; Deltaic Deposits; Glacier Deposits; Earthquake; Pond; Tectonics; Isostasy; Colluvial Deposits; Geological Survey; Eustacy; Interglacial Deposits; Rock Glaciers; eolian; Landslides; Bedrock Structure; Peat; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; Cultural Resources; Geology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Permafrost; Glacial Deposits; Quaternary Deposits; Environment Research; Systematic Survey; Anchorage; glacier; glaciers; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8457971; https://core.tdar.org/document/457971/summary-of-quaternary-geology-of-the-municipality-of-anchorage-alaska

This report discusses the quaternary geology of the Upper Cook Inlet region which is dominated by deposits of glacier retreats that followed repeated advances from both adjacent and more distant mountains. At several levels high on the mountains, there are remnant glacial deposits and other features of middle or older Pleistocene age.