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A physiographically prominent, approximately 40 square km plateau lies roughly 20 km east of Mount Spurr volcano, northwestern Cook Inlet region, Alaska, and comprises the preserved remnant of a volcaniclastic succession, designated in this study as map unit Qvc. Although this readily mappable package of volcaniclastic rocks has been recognized in numerous studies during the past five decades, uncertainties regarding its age and origin have persisted. We describe the general characteristics of the volcaniclastic plateau, provide new age constraints for deposits, present lithofacies descriptions and interpretations of the volcaniclastic strata, and synthesize our observations and lithofacies analysis to propose an...
Tags: Age Dates,
Alluvial,
Alluvial Deposits,
Bedrock,
Bedrock Geology, All tags...
Capps Glacier,
Debris Flow,
Debris Flow Deposit,
Depositional Environment,
Depositional Environments,
Detrital Zircon,
Facies Analysis,
Geochronology,
Geological Process,
Geology,
Lahar,
Lahar Runout Flow,
Liquefaction,
Mount Spurr,
Paleoenvironment,
Paleogeography,
STATEMAP Project,
Sediment Transport,
Sedimentary,
Sedimentary Rocks,
Sedimentation,
Sedimentology,
Tyonek Quadrangle,
U-Pb,
Volcaniclastics,
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The Alaska Division of Geological & Geological Surveys (DGGS) personnel collected rock samples while conducting stratigraphic studies in the Beluga and Sterling Fomrations in the Homer area of Cook Inlet.Funding for this stratigraphic work was provided by Benchmark Oil and Gas, Pioneer Natural Resources, Chevron North American Exploration and production Company, and the State of Alaska.This data set conveys information about samples collected during fieldwork in the Homer area of Cook Inlet.Samples were collected from outcrops for Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP) analyses.Analytical data from these rock samples are tabulated in this publication.
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Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has conducted 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping of the Sagavanirktok B-1 Quadrangle (640 square km�equivalent to four 7.5 minute quadrangles). This mapping project reinterprets micropaleontologic correlations for 17 Sagavanirktok Quadrangle wells, and reprocesses data from the one publicly-available seismic line. Surface geologic mapping, subsurface-to-surface stratigraphic age control, and seismic framework are required to reliably decipher the complex geology of this key area of the Brooks Range. Outcrops within the Sagavanirktok B-1 Quadrangle are the closest surface expressions of Prudhoe Bay source and reservoir rocks. This study yields critical petroleum-related...
Tags: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
Basins,
Biostratigraphy,
Brooks Range,
Carbonates, All tags...
Clastics,
Coal,
Depositional Environment,
Diagenesis,
Faulting,
Fluvial,
Folding,
Formations,
Fossils,
Geologic,
Glacial Processes,
Marine,
Marine Transgressions,
Measured Stratigraphic Section,
Modal Analysis,
North Slope Basin,
Orogeny,
Paleobotany,
Paleoenvironment,
Paleontology,
Palynology,
Petrography,
Petroleum,
Provenance,
Resource Assessment,
Sandstone,
Sedimentary,
Shale,
Shaviovik River,
Structure,
Surficial,
Tectonics,
Trace Fossils,
Turbidites,
Volcanic Ash,
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Detailed facies analysis is presented for the Nanushuk Formation in outcrop in the central North Slope. Facies associations are interpreted and described. Simplified measured sections are presented along with detailed segments of measured sections to illustrate facies and facies association stacking patterns.
Tags: Alaska, State of,
Chandler Lake Quadrangle,
Chandler River,
Ikpikpuk River Quadrangle,
Ninuluk Bluff, All tags...
North Slope,
Oil and Gas Basin,
STATEMAP Project,
Sagavanirktok Quadrangle,
Sagavanirktok River,
Sedimentology,
Stratigraphy,
Umiat Quadrangle,
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The 1:63,360 Kavik River geologic map area consists of ~620 square miles and ties together previous DGGS mapping in the Sadlerochit and Shublik Mountains area of the western Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on the east and the structurally complex foothills and mountain front near the Kemik gas accumulation on the west. The map area exposes a unique intersection of North Slope stratigraphy where all three major depositional megasequences are mappable in close association (Ellesmerian, Beaufortian, and Brookian).
Tags: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
Canning River,
Fin Creek,
Geologic,
Geologic Map, All tags...
Geology,
Juniper Creek,
Kavik River,
Mount Michelson Quadrangle,
North Slope,
North Slope Basin,
Oil and Gas Basin,
Rock Units,
STATEMAP Project,
Sedimentary,
Sedimentary Rocks,
Sedimentation,
Sedimentology,
Seismic Profile,
Structural Geology,
Structure,
Structure Map,
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