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Borehole locations and permafrost depths, Alaska, USA

Entry ID: ggd223

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Summary

Abstract: The methods utilized by the U.S. Geological Survey to measure subsurface temperatures have evolved considerably over the years. Although some of the early measurements were obtained using thermistor strings frozen into permafrost, the vast majority of the measurements were made in fluid-filled holes using a custom temperature sensor. A typical sensor used in Alaska prior to 1989 consisted of a ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 71.19

S: 62.19

E: -141.15

W: -165.77

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Stop Date: 1989-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ARCTIC ALASKA, USA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Boreholes

Permafrost Properties

Permafrost Temperature

Thermal Properties

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

GARY D. CLOW

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 303-236-5509

Fax: 303-236-5349

Email: clow at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

US Geological Survey

Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS980

City: Denver

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80225

Country: USA

MAX C. BREWER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 907-786-7429

Fax: 907-786-7429

Contact Address:

US Geological Survey

4200 University Drive

City: Anchorage

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99508

Country: USA

ARTHUR H. LACHENBRUCH

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 650-329-4879

Email: alachenbruch at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

US Geological Survey

345 Middlefield Road, MS 977

City: Menlo Park

Province or State: CA

Postal Code: 94025

Country: USA

Publications/References

Clow, G.D., R.W. Saltus, and E.D. Waddington (1996): A new high-precision borehole-temperature logging system used at GISP2, Greenland, and Taylor Dome, Antarctica, J. Glaciology, vol. 42, 576-584. Lachenbruch, A.H. and M.C. Brewer (1959): Dissipation of the temperature effect of drilling a well in Arctic Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1083-C, 109 pp. Sass, J.H., A.H. Lachenbruch, R.J. ... Munroe, G.W. Greene, and T.H. Moses, Jr. (1971): Heat flow in the Western United States, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 76, 6376-6413. Brewer, M.C. (1958): Some results of geothermal investigations of permafrost, Am. Geophys. Union Trans., vol. 39, 19-26. Deming, D., J.H. Sass, A.H. Lachenbruch, and R.F. De Rito (1992): Heat flow and subsurface temperature as evidence for basin-scale groundwater flow, North Slope of Alaska, Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol. 104, 528-542. Gold, L.W. and A.H. Lachenbruch (1973): Thermal conditions in permafrost - a review of North American liter
ature, in Permafrost: The North American Contribution to the Second International Conference, National Academy of Sciences, 3-23. Lachenbruch, A. H. (1957): Thermal effects of the ocean on permafrost, Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol. 68, 1515-1530. Lachenbruch, A. H. (1968): Permafrost, in Fairbridge, R. W., ed., The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, New York, Reinhold Book Corp., Earth Sciences Series, vol. 3, 833-839. Lachenbruch, A. H. (1994): Permafrost, the active layer, and changing climate, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-694, 43 pp. Lachenbruch, A.H. and M.C. Brewer (1959): Dissipation of the temperature effect of drilling a well in Arctic Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1083-C, 109 pp. Lachenbruch, A.H., M.C. Brewer, G.W. Greene, and B.V. Marshall (1962): Temperatures in permafrost, in Temperature - Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Reinhold Pub. Co., vol. 3, 791-803. Lachenbruch, A.H., Cladouhos, T.T., and Saltus, R.W., 1988,
Permafrost Temperature and the Changing Climate: in 'Permafrost', vol
. 3, Fifth International Conference on Permafrost, Senneset, Kaare (ed.), Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway, 9-17. Lachenbruch, A.H., S.P. Galanis, Jr., and T.H. Moses, Jr. (1987): A thermal cross section for the permafrost and hydrate stability zones in the Kuparuk and Prudhoe Bay oil fields, in Gallaway, J.P. and T.D. Hamilton, eds., Geological studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1016, 48-51. Lachenbruch, A.H., G.W. Greene, and B.V. Marshall (1966): Permafrost and the geothermal regimes, in Wilimovsky, N.J. and J.N. Wolfe, eds., Environment of the Cape Thompson Region, Alaska, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, USAEC Division of Technical Information, Report PNE-48b, 149-163. Lachenbruch, A.H., and B.V. Marshall (1969): Heat flow in the Arctic, ARCTIC, vol. 22, 300-311. Lachenbruch, A.H. and B.V. Marshall (1986): Changing climate: geothermal evidence from permafrost in the Alaskan Arctic, Science, vol. 234,689-69
6. Lachenbruch, A.H., J.H. Sass, L.A. Lawver, M.C. Brewer, G.V. Marshall, R.J. Munroe, J.P. Kennelly, Jr., S.P. Galanis, Jr., and T.H. Moses, Jr. (1982): Temperature and depth of permafrost on the arctic slope of Alaska, in Gryc, G., ed., Geology and Exploration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, 1974-1982, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1399, 645-656. Lachenbruch, A.H., J.H. Sass, L.A. Lawver, and M.C. Brewer (1987): Temperature and depth of permafrost on the Alaskan arctic slope, in Tailleur, I. and P. Weimer, eds., Alaskan North Slope Geology, Bakersfield, Calif., Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, vol. 2, 545-558. Lachenbruch, A.H., J.H. Sass, B.V. Marshall, and T.H. Moses, Jr. (1982): Thermal regime of permafrost at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-535. Lachenbruch, A.H., J.H. Sass, B.V. Marshall, and T.H. Moses, Jr. (1982): Permafrost, heat flow and the geothermal regime at
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 87, 9301-9316.

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