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
Analytical results and sample locality maps of mineralized and unmineralized rock samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality maps of mineralized and unmineralized rock samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment and heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Annotated bibliography of selected references on the geology of the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, northwestern Alaska
Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary map and tables describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, Alaska
Table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the Brooks Range and Arctic Slope, Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the western part of southern Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of central Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the eastern part of southern Alaska
Science and Products
Analytical results and sample locality maps of mineralized and unmineralized rock samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality maps of mineralized and unmineralized rock samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment and heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Annotated bibliography of selected references on the geology of the Baird Mountains Quadrangle, northwestern Alaska
Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
Preliminary map and tables describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, Alaska
Table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the Brooks Range and Arctic Slope, Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the western part of southern Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of central Alaska
Preliminary aeromagnetic map of the eastern part of southern 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