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
Geologic map of the Seldovia quadrangle, south-central Alaska
Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary transtension and strain partitioning in the Chugach Accretionary Complex, SE Alaska
Field guide to the Mesozoic accretionary complex along Turnagain Arm and Kachemak Bay, south-central Alaska
Controls on accretion of flysch and melange belts at convergent margins: Evidence from the Chugach Bay thrust and Iceworm melange, Chugach accretionary wedge, Alaska
Geology of northern Alaska
Map and table of mineral deposits on Annette Island, Alaska
Stratigraphy, structure, and geologic synthesis of northern Alaska
Mineral resource assessment of the Annette Islands Reserve, Southeast Alaska
A northern Cordilleran ocean-continent transect: Sitka Sound, Alaska, to Atlin Lake, British Columbia
Preliminary geologic map of the Baird Mountains and part of the Selawik quadrangles, Alaska
A reexamination of the contacts and other features of the Gravina Belt, southeastern Alaska; supplemental data
Geological bibliography of the Sitka Quadrangle, southeastern Alaska
Science and Products
Geologic map of the Seldovia quadrangle, south-central Alaska
Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary transtension and strain partitioning in the Chugach Accretionary Complex, SE Alaska
Field guide to the Mesozoic accretionary complex along Turnagain Arm and Kachemak Bay, south-central Alaska
Controls on accretion of flysch and melange belts at convergent margins: Evidence from the Chugach Bay thrust and Iceworm melange, Chugach accretionary wedge, Alaska
Geology of northern Alaska
Map and table of mineral deposits on Annette Island, Alaska
Stratigraphy, structure, and geologic synthesis of northern Alaska
Mineral resource assessment of the Annette Islands Reserve, Southeast Alaska
A northern Cordilleran ocean-continent transect: Sitka Sound, Alaska, to Atlin Lake, British Columbia
Preliminary geologic map of the Baird Mountains and part of the Selawik quadrangles, Alaska
A reexamination of the contacts and other features of the Gravina Belt, southeastern Alaska; supplemental data
Geological bibliography of the Sitka Quadrangle, 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