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Petroleum possibilities of the Yukon-Koyukuk Province, Alaska Petroleum possibilities of the Yukon-Koyukuk Province, Alaska

The recent discovery of major oil resources on Alaska's North Slope has rekindled interest in the petroleum possibilities of the Yukon-Koyukuk province, a vast tract of Cretaceous rocks stretching along the west coast of Alaska from the Brooks Range to the Yukon delta. Attention was first focused on this region in the early 1950's, after oil and gas were discovered in the Cretaceous of...
Authors
William Wallace Patton

Biostratigraphy and dolomite porosity trends of the Lisburne Group Biostratigraphy and dolomite porosity trends of the Lisburne Group

This preliminary study is based on measured and carefully collected sections of the Lisburne Group (fig. 1, sees. 1-29). The outcrops extend from Cape Lisburne (sec. 1) in the west to Egaksrak River (sec. 29) in northeastern Alaska and are used as the basic building blocks for the carbonate facies maps and the cross section. Lithologic and foraminifera samples were collected at 10-foot...
Authors
Augustus K. Armstrong, Bernard L. Mamet

Foraminiferal zonation and carbonate facies of Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) Lisburne group, central and eastern Brooks range, Arctic Alaska Foraminiferal zonation and carbonate facies of Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) Lisburne group, central and eastern Brooks range, Arctic Alaska

The Lisburne Group carbonate rocks of the central and eastern Brooks Range contain foraminiferal assemblages assigned to zones of late Tournaisian (Osage) to early Moscovian (Atoka) age. Representatives of both Eurasiatic and American cratonic microfaunas permit correlation with the original Carboniferous type sections in western Europe as well as with the standard Mississippian and...
Authors
Augustus K. Armstrong, Bernard L. Mamet, J. Thomas Dutro

Geologic interpretation of reconnaissance aeromagnetic survey of northeastern Alaska Geologic interpretation of reconnaissance aeromagnetic survey of northeastern Alaska

Aeromagnetic reconnaissance of northeastern Alaska in 1965 covered approximately 100,000 square miles, from lat 64° N. to the Arctic Ocean and from the Alaska-Yukon boundary to long 148°30' W. A magnetic contour map was compiled from data from the 1965 survey and earlier surveys. On the basis of these data, northeastern Alaska may be divided into five areas, each having a distinct...
Authors
William Peters Brosge, Earl E. Brabb, Elizabeth R. King

Seismic environment of the Burro Flats site, Ventura County, California: a brief, limited literature review Seismic environment of the Burro Flats site, Ventura County, California: a brief, limited literature review

A limited review of available literature suggests that the maximum horizontal ground acceleration at the Burro Flats site from earthquakes in the region could range from less than 0.1 to 0.49 g. A magnitude 8 earthquake on the nearby San Andreas fault could produce ground acceleration in the range 0.18 to 0.31 g, and an expectable larger earthquake on that fault could produce larger...
Authors
Carl M. Wentworth, Manuel G. Bonilla, Jane M. Buchanan
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