We are now on the ferry heading back to Homer. We boarded around 5pm and should be into Homer by 7am tomorrow morning. We had an excellent introduction to the accretionary complex in Alaska. Local geologist Gary Carver, was our host for the last two days. He met us on Wednesday morning and took us to Middle Bay where we helped him with a research project investigating the extent of tsunami waves during the 1964 earthquake by excavating and mapping sedimentary deposits. Afterwards he provided a fabulous salmon dinner for the group. The next day we traveled to Narro
w Cape and the Kodiak Launch Complex where we investigated a number of active faults. This morning we woke up to the first clouds and cool weather of the trip. We broke camp and headed to Fort Abercrombie, a military installment built during WWII to protect Kodiak City and essentially mainland Alaska in case of attack from Japanese forces. The Japanese never attacked
Kodiak and now Fort Abercrombie is a historic site and fantastic view point for spotting marine wildlife. The average Alaskan visitor might be satisfied with a few whales and some puffins - but for a bunch of Geologist we needed more. We made our way from the peaks to the tidal pools below where there were fantastic examples of folds (synclines) that are typical of the accretionary complex.
Tsunami Project View - Middle Bay - the group to the bottom left is completing our transect observations and measurements
A look over the salt marshes where tsunami deposits were studied
Studying the vegetation gradient through the tidal marshes in Middle Bay
Getting dinner ready!
Gary explains active faults on Narrow Cape adjacent to the Kodiak Launch Complex
Sketching the Holocene tephra stratigraphy at west of Narrow Cape
After a day of active fault measurements we took a break for some fishing in Pasagshak Creek
Fishing in the creek near our camp - Bushkin Creek, 11pm
Studying deformation in the Kodiak Formation (part of the accretionary complex) in Mill Bay
Standing on a bunker at Fort Abercrombie
w Cape and the Kodiak Launch Complex where we investigated a number of active faults. This morning we woke up to the first clouds and cool weather of the trip. We broke camp and headed to Fort Abercrombie, a military installment built during WWII to protect Kodiak City and essentially mainland Alaska in case of attack from Japanese forces. The Japanese never attacked
Kodiak and now Fort Abercrombie is a historic site and fantastic view point for spotting marine wildlife. The average Alaskan visitor might be satisfied with a few whales and some puffins - but for a bunch of Geologist we needed more. We made our way from the peaks to the tidal pools below where there were fantastic examples of folds (synclines) that are typical of the accretionary complex.A few photos from Kodiak
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Arriving into Kodiak, Wednesday morning
(if you click on a photo , you can see the larger image)
Arriving into Kodiak, Wednesday morning
Tsunami Project View - Middle Bay - the group to the bottom left is completing our transect observations and measurements
A look over the salt marshes where tsunami deposits were studied
Studying the vegetation gradient through the tidal marshes in Middle Bay
Getting dinner ready!
Gary explains active faults on Narrow Cape adjacent to the Kodiak Launch Complex
Sketching the Holocene tephra stratigraphy at west of Narrow Cape
After a day of active fault measurements we took a break for some fishing in Pasagshak Creek
Fishing in the creek near our camp - Bushkin Creek, 11pm
Studying deformation in the Kodiak Formation (part of the accretionary complex) in Mill Bay
Standing on a bunker at Fort Abercrombie
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