Susan Karl
Sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, geochemistry, and economic geology of southeast Alaska
Professional Experience
1977 - Present Research Geologist, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
1976 Earth Science Associates, Palo Alto, CA
1975 WGM Inc., Brooks Range, AK
1974 Rio Tinto Ltd., Wrangell Mts, AK
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 1982 Stanford University
Classes 1975-1976 University of Alaska Fairbanks
B.A. 1973 Middlebury College
Affiliations and Memberships*
Fellow: Geological Soc. America
Member: American Geophysical Union, American Assoc. Petrol. Geol., Geological Assoc. Canada, Society of Economic Geologists
Short course committee chair: Alaska Miners Association
Board member, committee chair, past president, officer: Alaska Geological Society
Honors and Awards
Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists: Lifetime service award, May 2016, for contributions to the Alaska geological community
Outstanding Accomplishment award 11-18-2011 for contributions to understanding REE in southeast Alaska
Outstanding Accomplishment award 11-22-2010 for advances in southeast Alaska geology
Outstanding Accomplishment award 9-22-2009 for work with Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and Alaskan geologists to coordinate cross-border geology
USGS: STAR award 1999 for Stikine area geophysical survey follow-up project (Duncan Canal/Zarembo Island area VMS deposits)
Alaska Geol. Soc: Service award, 1995
UNESCO: Grant for IGCP Siliceous Deposits Conference (Yugoslavia), 1986
USGS: Graduate internship scholarship 1981, 1982
UNESCO: Grant for IGCP Siliceous Deposits Conference (Tokyo), 1981
Geol. Soc. America: Grant for thesis research 1981
Sigma Xi: Grant for thesis research, 1980, 1981
USGS Achievement Award 1979
Shell: Grant for Melange Penrose Conference, 1978
Geol. Soc. Amer: Harold Stearns Award and grant for thesis research, 1978
UAF: grant for field camp 1976
Science and Products
Constraints on the age and provenance of the Chugach accretionary complex from detrital zircons in the Sitka Graywacke near Sitka, Alaska
Major- and trace-element concentrations in rock samples collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska
Oceanic Pb-isotopic sources of Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity, southeastern Alaska
Ordovician "sphinctozoan" sponges from Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska
Metamorphism within the Chugach accretionary complex on southern Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska
Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
Geophysical signatures used to constrain geologic mapping, narrowing the search for VMS deposits in southeast Alaska
Outcrop structural data from Wales Group and adjacent rocks, Dall and Prince of Wales islands, southeastern Alaska
Outcrop structural data from parts of the Petersburg and Sumdum 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary geologic map of northeast Chichagof Island, Alaska
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Duncan Canal-Zarembo Island area, southeastern Alaska
Science and Products
Constraints on the age and provenance of the Chugach accretionary complex from detrital zircons in the Sitka Graywacke near Sitka, Alaska
Major- and trace-element concentrations in rock samples collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska
Oceanic Pb-isotopic sources of Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity, southeastern Alaska
Ordovician "sphinctozoan" sponges from Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska
Metamorphism within the Chugach accretionary complex on southern Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska
Geologic signature of early Tertiary ridge subduction in Alaska
Geophysical signatures used to constrain geologic mapping, narrowing the search for VMS deposits in southeast Alaska
Outcrop structural data from Wales Group and adjacent rocks, Dall and Prince of Wales islands, southeastern Alaska
Outcrop structural data from parts of the Petersburg and Sumdum 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary geologic map of northeast Chichagof Island, Alaska
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Duncan Canal-Zarembo Island area, southeastern Alaska
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government