Chris Potter (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data
Reprocessing of seismic-reflection data reveals new images of upper- to middle-crustal structures beneath the Wabash Valley seismic zone, located north of the New Madrid seismic zone within the seismically active southern Illinois basin. Four intersecting deep seismic profiles (243 km total) indicate an anomalous, 5–10-km-wide zone of dipping reflections and diffractions below the...
Authors
John H. McBride, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, William J. Stephenson, Christopher J. Potter
Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska
Five structural levels underlie the Brooks Range foothills, from lowest to highest: (1) autochthon, at a depth of ~9 km; (2) Endicott Mountains allochthon (EMA), thickest under the northern Brooks Range (>15 km) and wedging out northward above the autochthon; (3) higher allochthons (HA), with a composite thickness of 1.5+ km, wedging out northward at or beyond the termination of EMA; (4)...
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan
Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
New interpretations of the frontal part of the Brooks Range orogen beneath the foothills and coastal plain in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) are based on reprocessed regional seismic reflection data, recent geologic field observations, and new apatite fission-track analyses. Three long north-south transects illustrate the configuration of thrust faulting above a basal...
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Paul B. O'Sullivan, John J. Miller
Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska
We have digitized, modified, and analyzed seismic interpretation maps of 12 subsurface stratigraphic horizons spanning portions of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). These original maps were prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc., based on about 15,000 miles of seismic data collected from 1974 to 1981. We have also digitized interpreted faults and seismic velocities from Tetra Tech...
Authors
R. W. Saltus, Christopher S. Kulander, Christopher J. Potter
Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter
Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Potter, R. P. Dickerson, W. C. Day
Science and Products
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Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data
Reprocessing of seismic-reflection data reveals new images of upper- to middle-crustal structures beneath the Wabash Valley seismic zone, located north of the New Madrid seismic zone within the seismically active southern Illinois basin. Four intersecting deep seismic profiles (243 km total) indicate an anomalous, 5–10-km-wide zone of dipping reflections and diffractions below the...
Authors
John H. McBride, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, William J. Stephenson, Christopher J. Potter
Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska
Five structural levels underlie the Brooks Range foothills, from lowest to highest: (1) autochthon, at a depth of ~9 km; (2) Endicott Mountains allochthon (EMA), thickest under the northern Brooks Range (>15 km) and wedging out northward above the autochthon; (3) higher allochthons (HA), with a composite thickness of 1.5+ km, wedging out northward at or beyond the termination of EMA; (4)...
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan
Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
New interpretations of the frontal part of the Brooks Range orogen beneath the foothills and coastal plain in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) are based on reprocessed regional seismic reflection data, recent geologic field observations, and new apatite fission-track analyses. Three long north-south transects illustrate the configuration of thrust faulting above a basal...
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Paul B. O'Sullivan, John J. Miller
Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska
We have digitized, modified, and analyzed seismic interpretation maps of 12 subsurface stratigraphic horizons spanning portions of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). These original maps were prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc., based on about 15,000 miles of seismic data collected from 1974 to 1981. We have also digitized interpreted faults and seismic velocities from Tetra Tech...
Authors
R. W. Saltus, Christopher S. Kulander, Christopher J. Potter
Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter
Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Potter, R. P. Dickerson, W. C. Day
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