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Image: Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska

USGS\AVO seismologist works to replace an old seismometer at seismic station LSSA on Little Sitkin Volcano in the western Aleutian Arc.

USGS\AVO seismologist works to replace an old seismometer at seismic station LSSA on Little Sitkin Volcano in the western Aleutian Arc.

Image: Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska
Repairing Seismic Stations in Alaska

AVO seismologists work to repair a seismic station on Little Sitkin Volcano in the western Aleutians Islands.

AVO seismologists work to repair a seismic station on Little Sitkin Volcano in the western Aleutians Islands.

Helicopter to pick up field personnel in Fortymile region north of Tok
Helicopter landing to pick up field personnel in Alaska
Helicopter landing to pick up field personnel in Alaska
Helicopter landing to pick up field personnel in Alaska

Helicopter landing to pick up field personnel after a day of geologic mapping and sampling in the Fortymile region north of Tok, Alaska.

Mother and young caribou on Yukon-Alaska border
Mother and young caribou on Yukon-Alaska border
Mother and young caribou on Yukon-Alaska border
Mother and young caribou on Yukon-Alaska border

A mother caribou and her offspring, east of Chicken, Alaska (on the Yukon-Alaska border).

Scientist examining outcrops of strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock, Divide Mountain, Yukon-Tanana, eastern Alaska
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcrops
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcrops
Scientist examining strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock outcrops

USGS scientist examining outcrops of strongly deformed and metamorphosed rock along Divide Mountain in the Yukon-Tanana upland of eastern Alaska

Half-meter-thick quartz veins cut across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mountain along the Alaska-Yukon border
Quartz veins across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mt., Alaska
Quartz veins across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mt., Alaska
Quartz veins across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mt., Alaska

Half-meter-thick quartz veins cut across outcrops of granitic gneiss on Divide Mountain along the Alaska-Yukon border, August 2015

Dirt in a long cylinder
Sediment core showing tsunami deposits on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska
Sediment core showing tsunami deposits on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska
Sediment core showing tsunami deposits on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska

Sediment core showing sandy tsunami deposits over soil from an upland environment on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska.

Rob Wilson pipetting PCR products into a gel
Pipetting PCR products into an acrylamide gel
Pipetting PCR products into an acrylamide gel
Pipetting PCR products into an acrylamide gel

Rob Wilson pipetting PCR products into an acrylamide gel; after electrophoresis he'll be able to visualize fragment size differences within and among individuals.

Rob Wilson pipetting PCR products into an acrylamide gel; after electrophoresis he'll be able to visualize fragment size differences within and among individuals.

A minnow trap underwater with Dolly Varden inside
Dolly Varden in a minnow trap in the Agashashok River drainage
Dolly Varden in a minnow trap in the Agashashok River drainage
Dolly Varden in a minnow trap in the Agashashok River drainage

Dolly Varden in a minnow trap in the Agashashok River drainage. This is part of the Hydro-Ecoloy of Arctic Thawing (HEAT) project.

Scientist cutting open head of dead sockeye salmon to get otolith (ear bone) for analysis
Collecting otoliths from sockeye salmon on the Salmon Lake shoreline
Collecting otoliths from sockeye salmon on the Salmon Lake shoreline
Collecting otoliths from sockeye salmon on the Salmon Lake shoreline

Chris Zimmerman removing otoliths from sockeye salmon carcasses on the shoreline of Salmon Lake.  Otoliths are used to read age of a fish and other chemical signatures over time.

Chris Zimmerman removing otoliths from sockeye salmon carcasses on the shoreline of Salmon Lake.  Otoliths are used to read age of a fish and other chemical signatures over time.

A hole in the ground with layers
Soil pit on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska
Soil pit on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska
Soil pit on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska

Soil pit exposing tsunami deposits on Sitkalidak Island, Alaska.

Scientist collects water chemistry samples during a subsurface tracer experiment
Collecting water chemistry samples
Collecting water chemistry samples
Collecting water chemistry samples

Ryan collects water chemistry samples during a subsurface tracer experiment while Matt observes.

Ryan collects water chemistry samples during a subsurface tracer experiment while Matt observes.

Matt and Josh Koch preparing for a subsurface tracer test on the West Twin Creek hillslope
Preparing for a subsurface tracer test
Preparing for a subsurface tracer test
Preparing for a subsurface tracer test

Matt and Josh Koch preparing for a subsurface tracer test on the West Twin Creek hillslope.

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