Marti L Miller
Research on the geology, tectonics, and mineral resources of southwestern Alaska and Prince William Sound.
Professional Experience
2003 - Present Associate Center Director for Geology, USGS Alaska Science Center and Regional Geologic and Mineral Deposit Data for Alaska's Economic Development. This umbrella project focuses on various parts of Alaska where collection and interpretation of new geologic, geochemical, and (or) geophysical data help define undiscovered metallic resources.
1998-2002 Leader, Kuskokwim Mineral Belt Study. Evaluated the lithologic, geochemical, structural, and tectonic controls of mineralization in the 190,000-km2 Kuskokwim Mineral Belt.
1995-1996 Team Leader and Principal Investigator, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Calista Native Corporation to study the geology and metallic resources of the Stuyahok area, Holy Cross quadrangle.
1993-1995 Team Leader, Sleetmute Quadrangle Mineral/Environmental Study.
1984-1992 Team Leader, Mineral Resource Assessment of the Iditarod quadrangle, west-central Alaska.
Education and Certifications
M.S. 1980 Stanford University, California Geology
B.S. 1976 Stanford University, California
Affiliations and Memberships*
Alaska Geological Society
Alaska Miners Association
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Alaskan Geology, Inc., Non-profit, President
Honors and Awards
Star Awards, 1998, 2001, 2002
Special Act Service Award, 199
Science and Products
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The restricted gemuk group: A triassic to lower cretaceous succession in southwestern Alaska
New data from an Upper Triassic to Lower Cretaceous deep marine succession-the herein reinstated and restricted Gemuk Group-provide a vital piece of the puzzle for unraveling southwestern Alaska's tectonic history. First defined by Cady et al. in 1955, the Gemuk Group soon became a regional catchall unit that ended up as part of at least four different terranes. In this paper we provide the first
Authors
Marti L. Miller, D. C. Bradley, T. K. Bundtzen, R. B. Blodgett, E.A. Pessagno, R. D. Tucker, A. G. Harris
Detrital zircon geochronology of some neoproterozoic to triassic rocks in interior Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
D. C. Bradley, W.C. McClelland, J. L. Wooden, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller, Susan M. Karl, J.G. Abbott
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
The data consist of major- and minor-element concentrations for rock samples collected during 2005 by the U.S. Geological Survey. Samples were analyzed by fire assay (Au, Pd, Pt), cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (Hg), and the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) 10 and 42 element methods. For details of sample preparation and analytical techniques see USGS Open File Repor
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, Travis L. Hudson
Major- and trace-element concentrations in rock samples collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska
The Kuskokwim mineral belt of Bundtzen and Miller (1997) forms an important metallogenic region in southwestern Alaska that has yielded more than 3.22 million ounces of gold and 400,000 ounces of silver. Precious-metal and related deposits in this region associated with Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary igneous complexes extend into the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. The U.S. Geologi
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Susan M. Karl, James F. Baichtal, Robert B. Blodgett
Far-field effects of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
D. C. Bradley, R.M. Friedman, P.W. Layer, Peter J. Haeussler, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller
Alaska resource data file, Iditarod Quadrangle, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti L. Miller, Charles C. Hawley
Alaska resource data file, Sleetmute Quadrangle, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti L. Miller
The late cretaceous Donlin Creek gold deposit, Southwestern Alaska: Controls on epizonal ore formation
The Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwestern Alaska, has an indicated and inferred resource of approximately 25 million ounces (Moz) Au at a cutoff grade of 1.5 g/t. The ca. 70 Ma deposit is hosted in the Late Cretaceous Kuskokwim flysch basin, which developed in the back part of the arc region of an active continental margin, on previously accreted oceanic terranes and continental fragments. A hyp
Authors
Richard J. Goldfarb, Robert A. Ayuso, Marti L. Miller, Shane W. Ebert, Erin E. Marsh, Scott A. Petsel, Lance D. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Chad Johnson, William C. McClelland
Preliminary geologic map of the northeast Dillingham quadrangle (D-1, D-2, C-1, and C-2), Alaska
Open-File Report 03-105 contains a digital geologic map database for the northeast part of the Dillingham 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, specifically the D-1, D-2, C-1, and C-2 1:63,360-scale map sheets. The report includes:A Postscript file showing the geologic map on a topographic and land-grid base, and containing a Correlation of Map Units diagram (CMU), and a List of Map Units. (Note the size of
Authors
Frederic H. Wilson, Travis L. Hudson, Donald Grybeck, Douglas B. Stoeser, Cindi C. Preller, Damon Bickerstaff, Keith A. Labay, Marti L. Miller
Life and death of the resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene-Eocene time
Onshore evidence suggests that a plate is missing from published reconstructions of the northeastern Pacific Ooean in Paleocene- Eocene time. The Resurrection plate, named for the Resurrection Peninsula ophiolite near Seward, Alaska, was located east of the Kula plate and north of the Farallon plate. We interpret coeval near-trench magmatism in southern Alaska and the Cascadia margin as evidence f
Authors
Peter J. Haeussler, Dwight Bradley, Ray E. Wells, Marti L. Miller
Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
A mid-Paleocene to early Eocene encounter between an oceanic spreading center and a subduction zone produced a wide range of geologic features in Alaska. The most striking effects are seen in the accretionary prism (Chugach–Prince William terrane), where 61 to 50 Ma near-trench granitic to gabbroic plutons were intruded into accreted trench sediments that had been deposited only a few million year
Authors
Dwight Bradley, Timothy M. Kusky, Peter J. Haeussler, Richard J. Goldfarb, Marti L. Miller, Julie A. Dumoulin, Steven W. Nelson, Susan M. Karl
Late Cretaceous through Cenozoic strike-slip tectonics of southwestern Alaska
New geologic mapping and geochronology show that margin-parallel strike-slip faults on the western limb of the southern Alaska orocline have experienced multiple episodes of dextral motion since ~100 Ma. These faults are on the upper plate of a subduction zone ~350-450 km inboard of the paleotrench. In southwestern Alaska, dextral displacement is 134 km on the Denali fault, at least 88-94 km on th
Authors
Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Thomas K. Bundtzen, William C. McClelland
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 51
The restricted gemuk group: A triassic to lower cretaceous succession in southwestern Alaska
New data from an Upper Triassic to Lower Cretaceous deep marine succession-the herein reinstated and restricted Gemuk Group-provide a vital piece of the puzzle for unraveling southwestern Alaska's tectonic history. First defined by Cady et al. in 1955, the Gemuk Group soon became a regional catchall unit that ended up as part of at least four different terranes. In this paper we provide the first
Authors
Marti L. Miller, D. C. Bradley, T. K. Bundtzen, R. B. Blodgett, E.A. Pessagno, R. D. Tucker, A. G. Harris
Detrital zircon geochronology of some neoproterozoic to triassic rocks in interior Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
D. C. Bradley, W.C. McClelland, J. L. Wooden, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller, Susan M. Karl, J.G. Abbott
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
The data consist of major- and minor-element concentrations for rock samples collected during 2005 by the U.S. Geological Survey. Samples were analyzed by fire assay (Au, Pd, Pt), cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (Hg), and the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) 10 and 42 element methods. For details of sample preparation and analytical techniques see USGS Open File Repor
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, Travis L. Hudson
Major- and trace-element concentrations in rock samples collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska
The Kuskokwim mineral belt of Bundtzen and Miller (1997) forms an important metallogenic region in southwestern Alaska that has yielded more than 3.22 million ounces of gold and 400,000 ounces of silver. Precious-metal and related deposits in this region associated with Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary igneous complexes extend into the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. The U.S. Geologi
Authors
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Susan M. Karl, James F. Baichtal, Robert B. Blodgett
Far-field effects of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
D. C. Bradley, R.M. Friedman, P.W. Layer, Peter J. Haeussler, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller
Alaska resource data file, Iditarod Quadrangle, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti L. Miller, Charles C. Hawley
Alaska resource data file, Sleetmute Quadrangle, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas K. Bundtzen, Marti L. Miller
The late cretaceous Donlin Creek gold deposit, Southwestern Alaska: Controls on epizonal ore formation
The Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwestern Alaska, has an indicated and inferred resource of approximately 25 million ounces (Moz) Au at a cutoff grade of 1.5 g/t. The ca. 70 Ma deposit is hosted in the Late Cretaceous Kuskokwim flysch basin, which developed in the back part of the arc region of an active continental margin, on previously accreted oceanic terranes and continental fragments. A hyp
Authors
Richard J. Goldfarb, Robert A. Ayuso, Marti L. Miller, Shane W. Ebert, Erin E. Marsh, Scott A. Petsel, Lance D. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Chad Johnson, William C. McClelland
Preliminary geologic map of the northeast Dillingham quadrangle (D-1, D-2, C-1, and C-2), Alaska
Open-File Report 03-105 contains a digital geologic map database for the northeast part of the Dillingham 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, specifically the D-1, D-2, C-1, and C-2 1:63,360-scale map sheets. The report includes:A Postscript file showing the geologic map on a topographic and land-grid base, and containing a Correlation of Map Units diagram (CMU), and a List of Map Units. (Note the size of
Authors
Frederic H. Wilson, Travis L. Hudson, Donald Grybeck, Douglas B. Stoeser, Cindi C. Preller, Damon Bickerstaff, Keith A. Labay, Marti L. Miller
Life and death of the resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene-Eocene time
Onshore evidence suggests that a plate is missing from published reconstructions of the northeastern Pacific Ooean in Paleocene- Eocene time. The Resurrection plate, named for the Resurrection Peninsula ophiolite near Seward, Alaska, was located east of the Kula plate and north of the Farallon plate. We interpret coeval near-trench magmatism in southern Alaska and the Cascadia margin as evidence f
Authors
Peter J. Haeussler, Dwight Bradley, Ray E. Wells, Marti L. Miller
Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
A mid-Paleocene to early Eocene encounter between an oceanic spreading center and a subduction zone produced a wide range of geologic features in Alaska. The most striking effects are seen in the accretionary prism (Chugach–Prince William terrane), where 61 to 50 Ma near-trench granitic to gabbroic plutons were intruded into accreted trench sediments that had been deposited only a few million year
Authors
Dwight Bradley, Timothy M. Kusky, Peter J. Haeussler, Richard J. Goldfarb, Marti L. Miller, Julie A. Dumoulin, Steven W. Nelson, Susan M. Karl
Late Cretaceous through Cenozoic strike-slip tectonics of southwestern Alaska
New geologic mapping and geochronology show that margin-parallel strike-slip faults on the western limb of the southern Alaska orocline have experienced multiple episodes of dextral motion since ~100 Ma. These faults are on the upper plate of a subduction zone ~350-450 km inboard of the paleotrench. In southwestern Alaska, dextral displacement is 134 km on the Denali fault, at least 88-94 km on th
Authors
Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Thomas K. Bundtzen, William C. McClelland
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