DGGS RI 2021-4A

Core descriptions, sedimentology and reservoir potential of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), eastern National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

• Authors:

  LePain, D.L., and Helmold, K.P.

• Publication Date:

  Dec 2021

• Publisher:

  Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 

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• Quadrangle(s):

  Chandler Lake; Harrison Bay; Ikpikpuk River; Umiat; Wainwright

• Related project(s):

  North Slope, Northern Foothills

• Citation ID:

  30727

Bibliographic Reference

LePain, D.L., and Helmold, K.P., 2021, Core descriptions, sedimentology and reservoir potential of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), eastern National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, in LePain, D.L., and Helmold, K.P., eds., Sedimentology and reservoir quality of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian) in cores from the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and adjoining state lands to the south: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-4A, 46 p., 6 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/30727

Publication Products

• This publication is part of a larger work. Please see RI 2021-4 for more information.

• Report Information

  • ri2021_004a.pdf (24.8 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Sheet 1, Discontinuously-cored shelf and slope deposits of the Nanushuk and Torok Formations (Albian-Cenomanian), Fish Creek Test Well 1, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (646.0 K)
  • Sheet 2, Discontinuously-cored topsets of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Wolf Creek Test Well 3, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska: Deposition in wave-influenced delta front and bayfill settings (710.0 K)
  • Sheet 3, Discontinuously-cored topsets of the Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation, Square Lake Test Well 1, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska: Deposition in wave-influenced delta front and bayfill settings (740.0 K)
  • Sheet 4, Continuously-cored topsets of the Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation, Umiat 18, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska: Deposition in prodelta and delta front settings (897.0 K)
  • Sheet 5, Discontinuously-cored topsets of the Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation, Grandstand Test Well 1: Deposition in river-dominated delta front and bayfill settings (778.0 K)
  • Sheet 6, Fish Creek 1, Wolf Creek 3, Square Lake 1, Umiat 18, and Grandstand 1 at uniform scale (516.0 K)

Keywords

Albian; Brookian Sequence; Brooks Range; Cenomanian; Cenozoic; Chukchi Sea; Coal; Core Drilling; Core Logs; Cretaceous; DGGS; Energy; Energy Resources; Facies Analysis; Faults; Fish Creek; Grandstand Formation; Gubik Formation; Hue Shale; Kemik Sandstone; Kingak Shale; Mesozoic; Mudstone; Nanushuk Formation; National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; Oil Basins; Oil Development; Oil and Gas; Oil and Gas Basin; Pebble Shale; Petroleum; Petroleum Basin Study; Petrology; Prince Creek Formation; Sagavanirktok Formation; Sandstone; Schrader Bluff Formation; Siltstone; Torok Formation; Umiat; Well Logs; Wolf Creek

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