Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR)

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1557

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  ASTAR

• Parent Project:

  Hydrology & Surficial Geology Section projects

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Evaluate sand and gravel resources along a corridor approximately between Nuiqsut, Atqasuk and Barrow, AK. Project will result in the production of a geologic maps and a database with information about location of geologic observations as well as the quality and types of geologic materials

• Project Date(s):

  2018 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Hubbard, Trent D.

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  Carbaugh, Robin M., Crawford, Nick E., Daanen, Ronnie P., Diaz, Angie V., Gallagher, Tony T., Gavel, Michelle M., Germann, Justin T., Haralson, Marlee D., Jones, Jenny E., Keith, Brayton L., Montayne, Simone, Reams, Nate W., Rivera, Pedro G., Jr., Stevens, De Anne S. P., Stokes, Tyler B., Walser, Sandra L., Wilson, Susan Y.

• Stations/Samples:

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Related Publications

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PIR 2023-1

Tannenbaum, T.G., Speeter, G.G., and Hubbard, T.D., 2024, Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) Project geophysical report: capacitively-coupled resistivity survey for Utqiagvik, Atqasuk, and Wainright road network, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2023-1, 72 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30960

RDF 2023-21

Germann, J.T., Daanen, R.P., Stokes, T.B., and Wikstrom Jones, K.M., 2024, Installation of environmental and hydrological monitoring stations-Utqiagvik-Wainwright-Atqasuk region, Alaska, August 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-21, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31044

RDF 2023-12

Haralson, M.D., Hubbard, T.D., Hoffman, H.A., and Montayne, Simone, 2023, 2022 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources project (ASTAR) field station location data and descriptions: Utqiaġvik region (Barrow triangle), North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-12, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31010

RDF 2023-13

Haralson, M.D., Hubbard, T.D., Hoffman, H.A., and Montayne, Simone, 2023, 2022 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources project (ASTAR) geotechnical data and sample descriptions: Utqiaġvik region (Barrow triangle), North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-13, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31011

RDF 2023-1

Daanen, R.P., and Stokes, T.B., 2023, Sonar and seismic lake surveys along the proposed triangle road corridor, northwestern Alaska, collected July 6-13, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-1, 19 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30954

RDF 2023-4

Haralson, M.D., Hubbard, T.D., and Montayne, Simone, 2023, 2021 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project field station location data and descriptions: Wainwright, Atqasuk, and Utqiagvik, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-4, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30961

RDF 2023-5

Haralson, M.D., Hubbard, T.D., and Montayne, Simone, 2023, 2021 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Resources (ASTAR) project field geotechnical data and sample descriptions: Wainwright, Atqasuk, and Utqiagvik, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2023-5, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30962

RDF 2022-15

Germann, J.T., and Daanen, R.P., 2022, Profile and discharge data for five waterways in the Utqiagvik-Atqasuk-Wainwright region, Alaska, collected August 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2022-15, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30915

RDF 2022-10

Herbst, A.M., and Daanen, R.P., 2022, Lidar-derived elevation data for the Utqiagvik-Atqasuk region, Alaska, collected August 2019: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2022-10, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30870

RDF 2021-18

Buzard, R.M., Heiner, Daniel, Overbeck, J.R., and Glenn, R.J.T., 2021, Photogrammetry-derived orthoimagery and elevation for Wainwright, Alaska, collected August 3, 2021: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-18, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30791

RI 93-1A

Gavel, M.M., and Hubbard, T.D., comps., 2021, Digital data addendum: Analytical data and field observations from surficial geology and morphology of the Alaskan central Arctic Coastal Plain, 1981-1987, in Rawlinson, S.E., Surficial geology and morphology of the Alaskan central Arctic Coastal Plain: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 93-1A, 6 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30670

Posters and Presentations

Germann, J.T. and Daanen, R.P., 2023

Germann, J.T., and Daanen, R.P., 2023, Hydrological studies on Alaska's western North Slope - in support of ASTAR (presentation): Annual Conference Alaska Section of the American Water Resource Association, Anchorage, Alaska, March 6-8, 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/31040