Red Glacier

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1447

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Red Glacier

• Parent Project:

  Lower Cook Inlet (Iniskin Bay-Tuxedni Bay area)

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Geologic mapping of the Red Glacier area, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska; STATEMAP grant no. G15AC00199

• Project Date(s):

  2015 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Gillis, Robert J.

• DGGS section:

  Energy Resources

• Project Participants:

  Paul L. Decker, Marwan A. Wartes, Robert J. Gillis, Trystan M. Herriott, Nina T. Harun, Paul M. Betka, Alicja Wypych

• Stations/Samples:

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Publications

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RI 2017-4

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2017, Deep-water canyons and sequence-stratigraphic framework of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2017-4, 53 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29707

RDF 2016-3

Wypych, Alicja, Gillis, R.J., Betka, P.M., and Decker, P.L., 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2015 in lower Cook Inlet, Iniskin - Tuxedni region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-3, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29575

PIR 2016-1

Herriott, T.M., ed., 2016, Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1, 78 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29532

PIR 2016-1-1

Herriott, T.M., 2016, Introduction to petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-1, p. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.14509/29534

PIR 2016-1-2

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., and Helmold, K.P., 2016, Nonmarine facies in the Late Triassic(?) to Early Jurassic Horn Mountain Tuff Member of the Talkeetna Formation, Horn Mountain, lower Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-2, p. 9-20. https://doi.org/10.14509/29535

PIR 2016-1-3

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., and Helmold, K.P., 2016, Reconnaissance stratigraphy of the Red Glacier Formation (Middle Jurassic) near Hungryman Creek, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-3, p. 21-31. https://doi.org/10.14509/29536

PIR 2016-1-4

Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., and Stanley, R.G., 2016, Sedimentary petrology and reservoir quality of the Middle Jurassic Red Glacier Formation, Cook Inlet forearc basin: Initial impressions, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-4, p. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.14509/29537

PIR 2016-1-5

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., and Harun, N.T., 2016, Preliminary stratigraphic architecture of the Middle Jurassic Paveloff Siltstone Member, Chinitna Formation, Tuxedni Bay area, Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-5, p. 39-44. https://doi.org/10.14509/29539

PIR 2016-1-6

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2016, Record of a Late Jurassic deep-water canyon at Chisik Island, south-central Alaska: Further delineation of Naknek Formation depositional systems in lower Cook Inlet, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-6, p. 45-49. https://doi.org/10.14509/29540

PIR 2016-1-7

Gillis, R.J., 2016, Discovery of a new sandstone with residual oil in Maastrichtian(?) strata at Shelter Creek, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-7, p. 51-58. https://doi.org/10.14509/29541

PIR 2016-1-8

Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., and Harun, N.T., 2016, Revised mapping of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation in a footwall syncline associated with the Bruin Bay fault system, Chinitna Bay region, western Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-8, p. 59-66. https://doi.org/10.14509/29542

PIR 2016-1-9

Rosenthal, J.L., Betka, P.M., Gillis, R.J., and Nadin, Elisabeth, 2016, Fracture intensity in the Paveloff Siltstone Member (Chinitna Formation) and Pomeroy Arkose Member (Naknek Formation), Iniskin Peninsula, Alaska: Implications for hydrocarbon migration in Cook Inlet basin, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-9, p. 67-72. https://doi.org/10.14509/29543

PIR 2016-1-10

Betka, P.M., and Gillis, R.J., 2016, Observations on the Bruin Bay fault system between Chinitna and Tuxedni bays, Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-10, p. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.14509/29544