Reconnaissance surficial-geologic map of the Sagavanirktok B-1 Quadrangle, eastern North Slope, Alaska

Description

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 information from these surface exposures, and how they relate to the area subsurface stratigraphy.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2677
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2677
0 CSDGM IMPORT ERROR: No digtinfo/formcont http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2677
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2678
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2675
0 http://dx.doi.org/10.14509/2676

Tags

  • pleistocene
  • glacial processes
  • arctic national wildlife refuge
  • geomorphology
  • quaternary
  • holocene
  • icings
  • glacial drift
  • surficial
  • geologic map
  • silt
  • fluvial
  • moraines
  • aufeis
  • eolian
  • glacial geology
  • c14
  • glaciation
  • glaciers
  • brooks range
  • north slope basin
  • shaviovik river
  • surficial geology
  • thaw lakes
  • glacial

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  • Local Government

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