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Weekly Highlights for 08-05-2009

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Alaska Science Center Scientists Receive USGS Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geography
USGS Alaska Science Center scientists Christopher Arp and Benjamin Jones are the recipients of Geography's Best Scientific Paper Award for 2008. This USGS award recognizes individual scientists for their contribution to the geographic sciences through published, peer-reviewed manuscripts. Their paper, titled "Modern Erosion Rates and Loss of Coastal Features and Sites, Beaufort Sea Coastline, Alaska" was published in the Journal Arctic (Vol 61, No. 4, 2008) and contributes substantially to the knowledge of the dramatic erosion rates and associated loss of historical and other sites along the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska.
Contact: Carl Markon Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7023

Publication on Volcanic-Tectonic Swarm at Mount Martin, Alaska
A study of the January 2006 volcanic-tectonic swarm at Mount Martin, Alaska will be published this month in the USGS Professional Paper Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2007 and can soon be found online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1760/index.html.
Contact: James Dixon Fairbanks, AK, (907) 474-7099

USGS Research Characterizes a Record 2007 Alaskan Tundra Fire
USGS Research Characterizes a Record 2007 Alaskan Tundra Fire: Scientists from the USGS Alaska Science Center are coauthors of a new study that characterized the unique and historic conditions that produced the 103,000 hectare Anaktuvuk River Fire on Alaska's North Slope in 2007. This historically large wildfire burned unusually late in the summer and it's smoke produced air quality problems in North Slope communities. This characterization is critical in a region where historic wildfires are few, but are projected to increase under climate change and will have serious implications for the human and ecological communities of the Arctic tundra. This publication can be viewed online in the journal Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research at: http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/browse_abstracts/abstract.php?id=2650.
Contact: Benjamin Jones Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7033

II. Press Inquiries/Media

USGS Alaska Science Center geologist Peter Haeussler will be interviewed by the History Channel for an upcoming series on how the earth works. Haeussler will discuss the origins of rocks and their structures in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska, and will also show evidence for subsidence and uplift in the great 1964 earthquake, which led, in part to acceptance of place tectonic theory.
Contact: Peter Haeussler Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7447

USGS Alaska Science Center glaciologist Shad O'Neel was interviewed on July 23 for an article on Alaska's glaciers for the online publication Alaska Report. The article can be found at: http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71279_rozell_glacier.htm.
Contact: Shad O'Neel Anchorage, AK, (907) 786-7088

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