Geologic map of the Kavik River area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska

Description

Report of Investigation 2011-3A, Geologic map of the Kavik River area, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska, presents 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping of the Mt. Michelson B-5 and C-5 quadrangles and the western portion of the B-4 and C-4 quadrangles. The Kavik River region is one of the few areas that permit examination of all three depositional megasequences of northern Alaska in close association. Several occurrences of oil-stained sandstone have been noted in outcrop and the undeveloped Kavik field that lies in the north-central part of the map is estimated to contain 165 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas. In concert with geologic mapping, stratigraphic units significant for oil and gas exploration were examined in detail, including acquisition of a number of measured sections. Local analysis of the sedimentology and stratigraphy focused particularly on the more prospective Beaufortian and Brookian units. The dataset contains geologic, structural, stratigraphic, and geochronologic data organized according to the GeMS and AK GeMS mapping schemas. The complete report, geodatabase, and ESRI fonts and style files are available from the DGGS website: http://doi.org/10.14509/22602.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont https://doi.org/10.14509/22602
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/22602
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/19361
0 https://doi.org/10.14509/25399

Tags

  • cenozoic
  • environment
  • paleozoic
  • pelecypods
  • quartzite
  • mountain
  • kavik river
  • argillite
  • sand
  • siltstone
  • sagavanirktok formation
  • pyrite
  • nonmarine
  • kayak shale
  • pebble
  • corals
  • ammonites
  • mesozoic
  • rocks
  • gems db l3 compliant
  • hauterivian
  • juniper creek
  • mississippian
  • brookian sequence
  • turbidite
  • gas
  • mount michelson quadrangle
  • dolomite
  • arctic national wildlife refuge
  • canning formation
  • transgressive
  • aeolian
  • cretaceous
  • structural geology
  • sedimentology
  • quaternary
  • conglomerate
  • outwash
  • skolithos
  • structure
  • halobia
  • monotis
  • gems db v1pt1
  • permian
  • ophiomorpha
  • bentonite
  • gravel
  • geologic
  • energy section maps of interest
  • endicott group
  • colluvium
  • wackestone
  • tertiary
  • bedrock
  • uplift
  • middle triassic
  • tundra
  • mudstone
  • fossils
  • geology
  • bedrock geology
  • grainstone
  • dggs
  • shale
  • sedimentary rocks
  • surficial
  • erosion
  • turbidites
  • jurassic
  • geologic map
  • marine
  • brachiopods
  • faulting
  • graywacke
  • aptian
  • canning river
  • silt
  • disseminated
  • kemik sandstone
  • fluvial
  • zoophycos
  • fin creek
  • structure map
  • sadlerochit group
  • echooka formation
  • alluvial
  • north slope
  • phyllite
  • kingak shale
  • shoreface
  • kekiktuk conglomerate
  • seismic profile
  • formations
  • north slope basin
  • claystone
  • chert
  • channel
  • ledge sandstone member
  • bryozoans
  • tuff
  • brookian
  • kavik shale
  • sandstone
  • juniper sandstone
  • glauconite
  • pennsylvanian
  • hue shale
  • rock units
  • shublik formation
  • unconformity
  • planolites
  • schist
  • coal
  • landslide
  • clay
  • lisburne group
  • campanian
  • sedimentary
  • subsurface
  • ivishak formation
  • barremian
  • limestone
  • statemap project
  • proterozoic
  • surface
  • dolostone
  • pebble shale
  • glacial
  • oil and gas basin
  • sedimentation
  • permafrost
  • triassic
  • energy
  • shelf
  • quartz

Topics

  • Local Government

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