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PIR 2024-3 Report Map
LePain, D.L., and Kirkham, R.A., 2024, Measured stratigraphic section, upper Nanushuk Formation (Cenomanian), Ninuluk Bluff, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2024-3, 28 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/31150
RI 2021-4 Report
LePain, D.L., and Helmold, K.P., eds., 2021, 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 2021-4, 78 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30726
RI 2021-4A Report Map
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
RI 2021-4B Report
Helmold, K.P., and LePain, D.L., 2021, Sedimentary petrology, reservoir quality, and provenance of Albian–Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation sandstone, NPRA test wells, Umiat 18, and measured outcrop sections, central North Slope, 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 2021-4B, 31 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30728
PIR 2021-6 Report Map
LePain, D.L., Harun, N.T., and Kirkham, R.A., 2021, Measured stratigraphic section, lower Nanushuk Formation (Albian), Arc Mountain anticline, Nanushuk River, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2021-6, 15 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30762
RDF 2021-13 Report Geospatial Data
Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., and Harun, N.T., 2021, Qualitative assessment of composition and reservoir quality of Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation sandstones, measured outcrop sections, central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-13, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30746
PIR 2021-5 Report Map
LePain, D.L., Kirkham, R.A., and Montayne, Simone, 2021, Measured stratigraphic section, Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Nanushuk River (Rooftop Ridge), Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2021-5, 8 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30744
MP 167 Report Map Geospatial Data
Gregersen, Laura, and Brown, Garrett, 2021, Map and database of exploration drilling targets categorized by play type, North Slope and offshore Arctic Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 167, 15 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:725,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/30579
PIR 2021-3 Report Map Geospatial Data
LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Kirkham, R.A., and Mongrain, J.R., 2021, Measured stratigraphic section in the upper Schrader Bluff Formation (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian?), Ivishak River, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2021-3, 11 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30693
PIR 2020-4 Report Geospatial Data
Harun, N.T., and Wartes, M.A., 2020, Preliminary characterization of two coals from the upper Prince Creek Formation, Sagwon Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2020-4, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30556
PIR 2020-3 Map
LePain, D.L., and Helmold, K.P., 2020, Facies architecture of a slope incision, Canning Formation, Ivishak River, Alaska: Implications for sediment bypass and deepwater reservoir potential: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2020-3, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30553
RDF 2020-1 Report
Willingham, A.L., and Herriott, T.M., 2020, Photogrammetry-derived digital surface model and orthoimagery of Slope Mountain, North Slope, Alaska, June 2018: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2020-1, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30419
MP 166 Report
LePain, D.L., Decker, P.L., and Helmold, K.P., 2018, Brookian core workshop: Depositional setting, potential reservoir facies, and reservoir quality in the Nanushuk Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 166, 58 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30137
RI 2016-3-1 Report Map
Decker, P.L., and LePain, D.L., 2016, Subsurface relationships of Albian-Cenomanian shallow marine to nonmarine topsets of the Nanushuk Formation, northwestern NPRA, northern Alaska, in LePain, D.L., Stratigraphic and reservoir quality studies of continuous core from the Wainwright #1 coalbed methane test well, Wainwright, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2016-3-1, p. 1-3, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29655
RI 2016-3-2 Report Map
LePain, D.L., and Decker, P.L., 2016, Lithofacies analysis of the Wainwright #1 continuous core, western Arctic Slope, Alaska: Transition from lower to upper delta plain environments in the Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation, in LePain, D.L., Stratigraphic and reservoir quality studies of continuous core from the Wainwright #1 coalbed methane test well, Wainwright, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2016-3-2, p. 5-35, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29656
RI 2016-3-3 Report
Helmold, K.P., 2016, Sedimentary petrology and reservoir quality of Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation sandstones, USGS Wainwright #1 test well, western North Slope, Alaska, in LePain, D.L., Stratigraphic and reservoir quality studies of continuous core from the Wainwright #1 coalbed methane test well, Wainwright, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2016-3-3, p. 37-57. https://doi.org/10.14509/29657
RDF 2016-2 Report Geospatial Data
Newberry, R.J., Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., and Wypych, Alicja, 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemistry of mafic rocks in the Carboniferous Lisburne Group, Ivishak River area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-2, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29563
PIR 2015-4 Report Map
Flaig, P.P., and van der Kolk, D.A., 2015, Depositional environments of the Prince Creek Formation along the east side of the Toolik River, Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-4, 17 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29407
PIR 2015-1 Report
van der Kolk, D.A., Whalen, M.T., and Wartes, M.A., 2015, Source-rock potential of the Lower Cretaceous Pebble shale unit, northeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-1, 37 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29401
PIR 2015-2 Report
Dumoulin, J.A., and Whalen, M.T., 2015, Reconnaissance investigation of the Lisburne Group in the Cobblestone Creek area, Chandler Lake Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-2, 18 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29403
RI 2009-1 v. 2 Report Map Geospatial Data
LePain, D.L., McCarthy, P.J., and Kirkham, R.A., 2009, Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the middle Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation in outcrop, central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2009-1 v. 2, 76 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/19761
RI 2007-1 Report
Kelly, L.N., Whalen, M.T., McRoberts, C.A., Hopkin, E., and Tomsich, C.S., 2007, Sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry of the upper Lower through Upper Triassic of northern Alaska: Implications for paleoredox history, source rock accumulation, and paleoceanography: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2007-1, 50 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/15773
PIR 2007-2 Report Map
Decker, P.L., 2007, Brookian sequence stratigraphic correlations, Umiat Field to Milne Point Field, west-central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2007-2, 19 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/15758
MP 136 v. 1.0.2 Report
Hudson, T.L., Nelson, P.H., Bird, K.J., and Huckabay, A., 2006, Exploration history (1964-2000) of the Colville High, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 136 v. 1.0.2, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/14597
PIR 2005-3 Report
White, J.G., 2005, Preliminary investigation of the Lisburne Group, upper Nanushuk River region, central Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2005-3, 23 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/7164
PIR 2005-2 Report
Finzel, E.S., and McCarthy, P.J., 2005, Architectural analysis of fluvial conglomerate in the Nanushuk Formation, Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2005-2, 18 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/7021
PIR 2004-5 Report
Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Loveland, Andrea, 2004, Reservoir characterization study: porosity and permeability of 148 Tertiary to Mississippian age outcrop samples, east-central Brooks Range Foothills and North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2004-5, 21 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/3312
PIR 2004-2 Report
Elder, W.P., and Loveland, Andrea, 2004, 2003 Megafossil report from the Chandler Lake Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2004-2, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/3235
PR 120F Report
Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Reifenstuhl, A.E., 2003, Preliminary petrographic study of 11 Mississippian to Tertiary age sandstones, Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, Brooks Range foothills and North Slope, Alaska, in Clautice, K.H., and Davis, P.K., eds., Short Notes on Alaska Geology 2003: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 120F, p. 71-81. https://doi.org/10.14509/2913
NL 2002-3 Report
DGGS Staff, and Reifenstuhl, R.R., 2002, Alaska GeoSurvey News - Reservoir characterization studies in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Newsletter 2002-3, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/14591
MP 39 Report
Pinney, D.S., and Combellick, R.A., 2000, Geologic hazards in and near proposed State of Alaska oil and gas sale, North Slope Foothills: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 39, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/2663
PR 119C Report
Hanks, C.L., Parker, M., and Jemison, E.B., 2000, Borehole breakouts and implications for regional in situ stress patterns of the northeastern North Slope, Alaska, in Pinney, D.S., and Davis, P.K., eds., Short Notes on Alaska Geology 1999: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 119C, p. 33-43. https://doi.org/10.14509/2685
NL 1999-2 Report
DGGS Staff, LePain, D.L., and Mull, C.G., 1999, Alaska GeoSurvey News - Upcoming strategic studies and mapping in the Brooks Range Foothills of the central North Slope: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Newsletter 1999-2, 6 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/14581
RI 99-8 Report
Haga, Hideyo, and Mickey, M.B., 1999, Reworked palynomorph trends in Late-Jurassic to Neocomian strata of the Colville Delta Region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 99-8, 14 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/2598
PR 104 Map
Dillon, J.T., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Harris, G.W., 1996, Geologic map of the Chandalar C-5 Quadrangle, southeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 104, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/2285

Posters and Presentations

Helmold, K.P., 2020 Report
Helmold, K.P., 2020, Reservoir quality of Brookian sandstones, North Slope, Alaska (presentation): DGGS/DOG videoconference, Anchorage, Alaska, June 25, 2020: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 26 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30529
Wartes, M.A. and others, 2014 Report
Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and LePain, D.L., 2014, Predicting deep-water reservoirs in the Brookian Sequence: Underexplored plays on the North Slope, Alaska (presentation): Alaska Geological Society Technical Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, May 15, 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 46 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29545
Wartes, M.A. and others, 2011 Report
Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Houseknecht, D.W., Gillis, R.J., and LePain, D.L., 2011, Foreland basin response to Paleocene rejuvenation in the Brooks Range, northern Alaska (presentation): AAPG 3P Arctic, The Polar Petroleum Potential Conference & Exhibition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 30 - September 2, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 37 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29547
Herriott, T.M. and others, 2011 Map
Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Newberry, R.J., Wallace, W.K., and Gillis, R.J., 2011, Geology, geochemistry, and regional implications of mafic igneous rocks in the Carboniferous Lisburne Group, Ivishak River area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska (poster): The Sixth International Conference on Arctic Margins, 31 May-2 June 2011, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29562
Herriott, T.M. and others, 2011 Map
Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Wallace, W.K., Gillis, R.J., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Speeter, G.G., 2011, Structural and stratigraphic implications of detailed geologic mapping of Ellesmerian and Brookian units in the Echooka and Ivishak rivers region, east-central North Slope, Alaska (poster): AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 10, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/22802
Decker, P.L., 2010 Report Map
Decker, P.L., 2010, Brookian sequence stratigraphic framework of the northern Colville foreland basin, central North Slope, Alaska (poster and presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, April 21-22, 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 30 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/21861
Helmold, K.P., 2010 Report
Helmold, K.P., 2010, Petrology of North Slope outcrop samples: progress report (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, April 21-22, 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 21 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29522
Decker, P.L. and others, 2009 Map
Decker, P.L., LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Mongrain, J.R., Kirkham, R.A., and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2009, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and subsurface expression of upper Cretaceous strata in the Sagavanirktok River area, east-central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/30156
Decker, P.L. and others, 2008 Report
Decker, P.L., LePain, D.L., and Wartes, M.A., 2008, Surface - subsurface relationships, 2007-08 projects, Sagavanirktok River area, east-central North Slope (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 35 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21822
Decker, P.L. and Wartes, M.A., 2008 Report
Decker, P.L., and Wartes, M.A., 2008, Overview of recent North Slope energy studies, part 1, north-central foothills, Sagavanirktok River area (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 39 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21824
Decker, P.L. and others, 2008 Report
Decker, P.L., Wartes, M.A., Wallace, W.K., Houseknecht, D.W., Schenk, C.J., Gillis, R.J., and Mongrain, J.R., 2008, Structural and stratigraphic investigations, Gilead Sandstone and associated units, Albian - Turonian strata, Ivishak River - Gilead Creek area, progress during 2007 (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 30 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21825
Wartes, M.A. and Decker, P.L., 2008 Report
Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2008, North Slope program overview (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 19 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21828
Wartes, M.A., 2008 Report
Wartes, M.A., 2008, Overview of recent North Slope energy studies, part 2: south-central foothills, southern Colville basin (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21830
Helmold, K.P. and others, 2006 Report
Helmold, K.P., Campaign, W.J., Morris, W.R., Hastings, D.S., and Moothart, S.R., 2006, Reservoir quality and petrophysical model of the Tarn deep-water slope-apron system, North Slope, Alaska (presentation): AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 8, 2006: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 31 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29671

Annual Reports

AR 2014-A Report
DGGS Staff, 2015, Energy Resources FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-A, p. 32-38. https://doi.org/10.14509/29180
AR 2013-A Report
DGGS Staff, 2014, Energy Resources FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-A, p. 34-40. https://doi.org/10.14509/27001
AR 2012-A Report
DGGS Staff, 2013, Energy Resources FY13 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012-A, p. 28-33. https://doi.org/10.14509/24785
AR 2011-A Report
LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Clough, J.G., 2012, Energy Resources FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-A, p. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.14509/23303
AR 2010-A Report
LePain, D.L., Clough, J.G., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2011, Energy Resources FY11 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010-A, p. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.14509/22181
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