Great Sitkin 1829
Start: 1829 [1]
Event Type: Other
Description: Grewingk (1850, translated 2003 by Fritz Jaensch) reported that Ingenstrom reported Great Sitkin as "covered with snow and smoking (?)" in 1829. Other, more recent compilations list this event as possibly starting in 1828, or a separate event occurring in 1828.
References Cited
[1] Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.[2] Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc, 1950
Coats, R. R., 1950, Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 0974-B, p. 35-49, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.
plate 1 PDF 819 KB
full-text PDF 783 KB [3] Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology, 1898
Becker, G. F., 1898, Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 0018, p. 1-86, 6 sheets, scale unknown.
full-text PDF 1.5 MB [4] Geology of Great Sitkin Island, 1947
Simons, F. S., and Mathewson, D. E., 1947, Geology of Great Sitkin Island: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 55-67.Complete Eruption References
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, 2003
Waythomas, C. F., Miller, T. P., and Nye, C. J., 2003, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0112, 25 p., 1 sheet.
full-text PDF 18.5 MB 
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 KB 
Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands, 1958
Powers, H. A., 1958, Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands: in Williams, H., (ed.), Landscapes of Alaska, Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, p. 61-75.
Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947, 1951
Hantke, Gustav, 1951, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1941-1947: Bulletin Volcanologique, v. 11, p. 161-208.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc, 1950
Coats, R. R., 1950, Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 0974-B, p. 35-49, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.
plate 1 PDF 819 KB
full-text PDF 783 KB 
Geology of Great Sitkin Island, 1947
Simons, F. S., and Mathewson, D. E., 1947, Geology of Great Sitkin Island: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, p. 55-67.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Alaskan volcano investigations Report no. 2: Progress of investigations in 1946, 1947
Robinson, G. D., Kennedy, G. C., Waldron, H. H., Byers, F. M. Jr., Hopkins, D. M., Wier, K. L., Fisher, B., Simons, F. S., Mathewson, D. E., and Coats, R. R., 1947, Alaskan volcano investigations Report no. 2: Progress of investigations in 1946: U.S. Geological Survey Alaskan Volcano Investigations Report 0002, 105 p., 8 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche, 1917
Sapper, Karl, 1917, Katalog der geschichtlichen vulkanausbruche: Strassburg, Germany, Karl J. Trubner, 358 p.
Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology, 1898
Becker, G. F., 1898, Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska with some notes on general geology: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 0018, p. 1-86, 6 sheets, scale unknown.
full-text PDF 1.5 MB 
Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003], 1850
Grewingk, Constantine, 1850, Grewingk's geology of Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America [edited by Marvin W. Falk, translation by Fritz Jaensch published 2003]: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series 11, Fairbanks, AK, The University of Alaska Press, 242 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf