U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): GIS play maps
Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
2002, Open-File Report 2002-439
This report provides digital GIS files of maps for each of the 24 plays evaluated in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002a). These are the same maps released in pdf format by Bird and Houseknecht (2002b). The USGS released in...
Rationale and operational plan for a U.S. high-altitude magnetic survey
Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Mario Acuna, Robert E. Bracken, Doug Hardwick, William J. Hinze, Gordon R. Keller, Jeff Phillips, Walter Roest
2002, Open-File Report 2002-366
On August 8, 2002, twenty-one scientists from the federal, private and academic sectors met at a workshop in Denver, Co., to discuss the feasibility of collecting magnetic anomaly data on a Canberra aircraft (Figure 1). The need for this 1-day workshop arose because of an exciting and cost-effective opportunity to...
Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001
James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Steve Estes, Seth C. Moran, John Paskievitch, Stephen R. McNutt
2002, Open-File Report 2002-342
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, has maintained seismic monitoring networks at potentially active volcanoes in Alaska since 1988 (Power and others, 1993; Jolly and...
Multibeam bathymetry and selected perspective views of main part of Glacier Bay, Alaska
Paul R. Carlson, Philip Hooge, Guy Cochrane, Andrew Stevenson, Pete Dartnell, Kristen Lee
2002, Open-File Report 2002-391
Glacier Bay is a diverse fjord ecosystem with multiple tidewater glaciers and complex biological, geological, and oceanographic patterns that vary greatly along its length. The bay was completely glaciated prior to the 1700's, and subsequently experienced the fastest glacial retreat recorded in historical times. As a result, some of the...
Isostatic gravity map of Yukon Flats, east-central Alaska
Robert L. Morin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-322
The gravity data used to make this map were collected between 1959 and 1984. The data were collected by automobile, aircraft, and watercraft. Most of the data were collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regional gravity data collection project. Some of the data were collected as part...
Depositional sequences and facies in the Torok Formation, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA)
David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Schenk
2002, Conference Paper, SEPM core workshop
Brookian turbidites (Cretaceous through Tertiary) have become oil exploration objectives on the NorthSlope of Alaska during the past decade, and it is likely this focus will extend into the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). A regional grid of 2-D seismic data,...
Water quality of the Tlikakila River and five major tributaries to Lake Clark, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1999-2001
Timothy P. Brabets
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4127
The Tlikakila River Basin, located in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, drains an area of 622 square miles. This watershed comprises about 21 percent of the Lake Clark Basin, making it one of the major tributaries to Lake Clark. Due to a sharp decline in sockeye salmon population and...
Assessment of undiscovered deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: A Portable Document (PDF) recompilation of USGS Open-File Report 96-96 and Circular 1178
The U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team
2002, Open-File Report 2002-198
This publication contains the results of a national mineral resource assessment study. The study (1) identifies regional tracts of ground believed to contain most of the nation's undiscovered resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in conventional types of deposits; and (2) includes probabilistic estimates of the amounts of...
Priority-pollutant trace elements in streambed sediments of the Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, 1998-2000
Steven A. Frenzel
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4163
Trace element concentrations in 48 streambed sediment samples collected at 47 sites in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, were compared to concentrations from studies in the conterminous United States using identical methods and to Probable Effect Concentrations. Concentrations of arsenic, chromium, mercury, and nickel in the 0.063-mm size fraction of...
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Hayes Volcano, Alaska
C. F. Waythomas, T. P. Miller
2002, Open-File Report 2002-72
Aeromagnetic surveys in the Anchorage, Iliamna, and Tyonek quadrangles, Alaska: A website for the distribution of data
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Open-File Report 2002-267
No abstract available. ...
Basement geology of the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), Northern Alaska
R. W. Saltus, T. L. Hudson, J. D. Phillips, C. Kulander, Julie A. Dumoulin, C. Potter
2002, Open-File Report 2002-127
Gravity, aeromagnetic, seismic, and borehole information enable mapping of crustal basement characteristics within the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA). In general, the pre-Mississippian basement of the southern portion of the NPRA is different from that in the north in that it is deeper and thinner, is made up of dense...
Ground-Water Age and its Water-Management Implications, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska
Roy L. Glass
2002, Fact Sheet 022-02
The Cook Inlet Basin encompasses 39,325 square miles in south-central Alaska. Approximately 350,000 people, more than half of Alaska?s population, reside in the basin, mostly in the Anchorage area. However, rapid growth is occurring in the Matanuska?Susitna and Kenai Peninsula Boroughs to the north and south of Anchorage. Ground-water resources...
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
2002, Fact Sheet 045-02
A new USGS assessment concludes that NPRA holds signicantly greater petroleum resources than previously estimated. Technically recoverable, undiscovered oil beneath the Federal part of NPRA likely ranges between 5.9 and 13.2 billion barrels, with a mean (expected) value of 9.3 billion barrels. An estimated 1.3 to 5.6 billion barrels of...
Geologic and isostatic gravity map of the Nenana basin area, central Alaska
G. M. Frost, D.F. Barnes, R. G. Stanley
2002, IMAP 2543
The Nenana Basin area is a prospective petroleum province in central Alaska, and this geologic and isostatic gravity map is part of a petroleum resource assessment of the area.The geology was compiled from published sources as shown on the index map (map sheet). Map units are organized and presented according...
Geographic information systems compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, Chukchi Sea, Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses
Simon L. Klemperer, Mark L. Greninger, Warren J. Nokleberg
2002, GSA Special Papers (360) 359-374
The accompanying CD-ROM contains a compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, the Chukchi Sea, the Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses. These data sets focus on Alaska, the Russian Far East, and the continental shelves that link these two landmasses. For compatibility with other available geographic...
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): play maps and technically recoverable resource estimates
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
2002, Open-File Report 2002-207
This report provides a summary of the estimated volume of technically recoverable undiscovered oil and nonassociated gas resources for each of the 24 plays evaluated in the U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the NPRA (Bird and Houseknecht, 2002). It also provides a set of illustrations showing the...
Magnetotelluric data along the Tangle Lakes profile, Alaska
Jay A. Sampson, Brian D. Rodriguez
2002, Open-File Report 2002-177
The 89 km long Tangle Lakes profile of 14 magnetotelluric (MT) stations begins 4 km south of the confluence of Augustana Creek and the Delta River in south central Alaska. The northernmost station, TLM13, is located just south of the Denali Fault in the rugged Clearwater Mountains. The north-south profile...
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) core images and well data
David W. Houseknecht, editor(s)
2002, Data Series 75
This report contains photographic images and data from petroleum exploration wells drilled within and near the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The volume is organized into six chapters, each of which contains images and well data (including a GIS project of public domain cores) pertinent to the geology and petroleum potential...
Crustal structure across the Bering Strait, Alaska: Onshore recordings of a marine seismic survey
Lorraine W. Wolf, Robert C. McCaleb, David B. Stone, Thomas M. Brocher, Kazuya Fujita, Simon L. Klemperer
2002, Book chapter, Tectonic evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic margin and adjacent landmasses
No abstract available....
Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island
Elizabeth L. Miller, T. R. Ireland, Simon L. Klemperer, Karl Wirth, Vyacheslav V Akinin, Thomas M. Brocher
Elizabeth L. Miller, Arthur Grantz, Simon L. Klemperer, editor(s)
2002, Book chapter, Tectonic evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Artic Margin and adjacent landmasses
No abstract available....
Distribution of high-temperature (>150 °C) geothermal resources in California
John H. Sass, Susan S. Priest
2002, Open-File Report 2002-132
California contains, by far, the greatest geothermal generating capacity in the United States, and with the possible exception of Alaska, the greatest potential for the development of additional resources. California has nearly 2/3 of the US geothermal electrical installed capacity of over 3,000 MW. Depending on assumptions regarding reservoir characteristics...
Magnetic susceptibilities measured on rocks of the upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
A.A. Alstatt, R. W. Saltus, R.L. Bruhn, Peter J. Haeussler
2002, Open-File Report 2002-139
We have measured magnetic susceptibility in the field on most of the geologic rock formations exposed in the upper Cook Inlet near Anchorage and Kenai, Alaska. Measured susceptibilities range from less than our detection limit of 0.01 x 10-3 (SI) to greater than 100 x 10-3 (SI). As expected, mafic...
A digital atlas of hydrocarbon accumulations within and adjacent to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)
Naresh Kumar, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip H. Nelson, John A. Grow, Kevin R. Evans
2002, Open-File Report 2002-71
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has initiated a project to reassess the hydrocarbon potential of the NPRA. Although exploration for hydrocarbons in the NPRA was initiated in 1944, it has taken fifty years for the first commercial discovery to be made. That discovery, the Alpine field (projected recoverable reserves...
Alaska resource data file: Ophir quadrangle
S.S. Dashevsky
2002, Open-File Report 2002-77
No abstract available....
