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3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Oil in North Dakota and Montana
The USGS has determined that the Bakken Formation, in North Dakota and Montana, has 25 times more technically recoverable oil than was estimated in the USGS's 1995 assessment. We sit down with USGS scientists Brenda Pierce and Rich Pollastro to learn more.
Clinker formation near Medora, North Dakota
Clinker is formed whn rock units that overlie exposed burning coal seams are baked and fused. The red clinker is more resistant to erosion than non-baked adjacent Fort Union Formation sandstone and forms the caps of many plateaus and buttes.
Watford water depot near the center of the Williston structural basin
Watford water depot. Water depots supply water for hydraulically-fractured oil and gas wells. The Watford City water depot is located near the center of the Williston structural basin
Landscape near the northern Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Landscape near the northern Theodore Roosevelt National Park is characterized by the eroded Fort Union Formation.Photo is taken along Highway 85.
Wetland water depot south of Watford City, North Dakota
Wetland water depot. Some North Dakota ranchers have converted their wetland water rights for industrial use as water depots. Photo taken south of Watford City, North Dakota
Collecting DC resistivity data to define subsurface gravel channels
Collecting DC resistivity data to define subsurface gravel channels. Bakken Formation of North Dakota.
Flooding in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1997
Downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota flooded by the Red River of the North in 1997.
Flooding in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1997
The flag of the United States of American flies over flood water in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Flooding in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1997
Flood waters inundated Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.The picture is looking west to Grand Forks, North Dakota and the USGS gage house is the small white square in the center of the picture.
Yellowstone River near Cartwright, North Dakota
Yellowstone River near Cartwright, North Dakota. Looking from the left bank toward main pier nearest the left bank.
Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota
The Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota. View from Memorial Highway Bridge looking upstream, showing channel under partial ice cover.
The 2011 Floods in North Dakota: The Response Efforts of the USGS
The 2011 Floods in North Dakota: The Response Efforts of the USGS North Dakota Water Science Center