DGGS RI 2023-2

Tsunami inundation maps of Anchorage and upper Cook Inlet, Alaska

• Authors:

  Suleimani, E.N., Salisbury, J.B., and Nicolsky, D.J.

• Publication Date:

  Aug 2023

• Publisher:

  Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 

• Ordering Info:

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• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage

• Related project(s):

  Tsunami inundation mapping

• Citation ID:

  31018

Bibliographic Reference

Suleimani, E.N., Salisbury, J.B., and Nicolsky, D.J., 2023, Tsunami inundation maps of Anchorage and upper Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2023-2, 56 p., 9 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/31018

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • ri2023_002.pdf (71.0 M)

• Web Map

  • RI 2023-2 Anchorage tsunami inundation ArcGIS StoryMap

• Supplemental File(s)

  • ri2023_002_press_release.pdf (822.0 K)
  • ri2023_002_study_summary.pdf (185.0 K)
  • ri2023_002_tsunami_inundation_animation.mp4 (125.0 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Sheet 1, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Anchorage, Alaska, scale 1:230,000 (26.0 M)
  • Sheet 2, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for upper Knik Arm, Alaska, scale 1:62,000 (24.0 M)
  • Sheet 3, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Point Mackenzie, Alaska, scale 1:28,000 (19.0 B)
  • Sheet 4, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Eagle Bay, Alaska, scale 1:16,000 (22.0 M)
  • Sheet 5, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, scale 1:25,000 (23.0 M)
  • Sheet 6, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Campbell Lake, Alaska, scale 1:15,000 (21.0 M)
  • Sheet 7, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Girdwood, Alaska, scale 1:16,000 (19.0 M)
  • Sheet 8, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for Hope, Alaska, scale 1:10,000 (22.0 M)
  • Sheet 9, Maximum estimated tsunami inundation for lower Turnagain Arm, Alaska, scale 1:35,000 (28.0 M)

• Geospatial & Analytical Data

  Tsunami inundation maps of Anchorage and upper Cook Inlet	Data File Format	File Size	Info
  Download ri2023_002_tsunami_inundation_upper_cook_inlet	Shapefile	100.2 M	Metadata - Read me

Keywords

Active Fault; Anchorage; Bathymetry; Coastal; Coastal and River; Cook Inlet; DGGS; Earthquake; Earthquake Related Slope Failure; Emergency Preparedness; Engineering; Engineering Geology; Environmental; Fault Displacement; Faulting; Faults; Flood; Geologic; Geologic Hazards; Geological Process; Geotechnical; Girdwood; Hazards; Hope; Inundation; Knik; Knik Arm; Land Subsidence; Landslide; Landslide Susceptibility; Marine; Marine Geology; Modeling; Neotectonics; Seismic Hazards; Seismic Interpretation; Subduction; Subsidence; Subsurface; Surface; Topography; Tsunami; Turnagain Arm; geoscientificInformation

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