Ground Ice

All ice, of whatever origin or age, found below the surface of the ground, esp. a lens, sheet, wedge, seam, or irregular mass of clear nonglacial ice enclosed in perennially or seasonally frozen ground, often at considerable depth. Neuendorf, K.K.E., Mehl, J.P., Jr., and Jackson, J.A., eds., 2011, Glossary of Geology: Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute, 799 p.

Below is a list of publications related to Ground Ice. Select a publication number to access more detailed information and their respective files available for download.

GB 11

Stevens, D.S.P., ed., 2023, Guidebook to permafrost and Quaternary geology of the Fairbanks area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Guidebook 11, 99 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29566

RDF 2020-10

Emond, A.M., Jorgensen, Clark, Lockett, A.C., Daanen, R.P., Wolken, G.J., Wikstrom Jones, K.M., and Montayne, Simone, 2020, Ground gravity measurements from Goldstream Valley, interior Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2020-10, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30473

RI 2019-8

Koehler, R.D., Reger, D.R., Spangler, E.R., and Hubbard, T.D., 2019, Assessment of geomorphology and geologic hazards in the Parks Highway-Minto Flats-Dalton Highway infrastructure corridor: Cook Inlet to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2019-8, 82 p., 4 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/30100

Daanen, R.P., 2017

Daanen, R.P., 2017, Cold regions hydrology: Developments and simulations in WaSiM (presentation): Third WaSiM User Conference, Munich, Germany, October 18-19, 2017.: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 21 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29823

Daanen, R.P. and others, 2016

Daanen, R.P., Emond, A.M., Liljedahl, A.K., Walter Anthony, Katey, Barnes, D.L., Romanovsky, Vladimir, and Graham, G.R.C., 2016, Use of airborne electromagnetic geophysical survey to map discontinuous permafrost in Goldstream Valley (poster): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 12-16, 2016.: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29814

Daanen, R.P. and others, 2013

Daanen, R.P., Darrow, M.M., and Hubbard, T.D., 2013, Frozen debris lobe stability, a function of thermal and hydrological processes (poster): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 13, 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/26886

PIR 2002-1D

Stevens, D.S.P., 2012, Engineering-geologic map of the Eagle A-1 Quadrangle, Fortymile mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2002-1D, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/24544

OF 88-2

Skudrzyk, F.J., 1988, Stability of openings in alluvial permafrost: University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Open File 88-2, 42 p.

I 829-E

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1976, Map showing foundation conditions in the Fairbanks D-2 SW Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 829-E, 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

MF 669-A

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Map showing distribution of permafrost in the Fairbanks D-2 SE Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 669-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

MF 670-A

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Map showing distribution of permafrost in the Fairbanks D-2 NE Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 670-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

MF 671-A

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Map showing distribution of permafrost in the Fairbanks D-1 SW Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 671-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

MF 668-A

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1975, Map showing distribution of permafrost in the Fairbanks D-2 NW Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 668-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

I 829-B

Pewe, T.L., and Bell, J.W., 1974, Map showing distribution of permafrost in the Fairbanks D-2 SW Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 829-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

B 989-F

Pewe, T.L., 1954, Effect of permafrost on cultivated fields, Fairbanks area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 989-F, p. 315-351, 1 sheet.