Session: Tectonics, Sedimentation, and Energy Resource Potential of the Northern Cordillera (Cordilleran Section

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Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

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1:35 PM

DEEP WATER CANYONS IN THE SNUG HARBOR SILTSTONE AND POMEROY ARKOSE MEMBERS, NAKNEK FORMATION, ALASKA—NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LATE JURASSIC COOK INLET FOREARC BASIN

HERRIOTT, Trystan M.¹, WARTES, Marwan A.¹ and DECKER, Paul L.², (1)Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707, (2)Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1100, Anchorage, AK 99501-3560, trystan.herriott@alaska.gov, trystan.herriott@alaska.gov

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1:55 PM

DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY AND FRACTURE INTENSITY OF THE INISKIN PENINSULA, COOK INLET, ALASKA

ROSENTHAL, Jacob Leo¹, BETKA, Paul M.¹, NADIN, Elisabeth S.² and GILLIS, Robert J.³, (1)Energy Section, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707, jlrose09@yahoo.com, jlrose09@yahoo.com

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2:15 PM

SECULAR CHANGES IN CENOZOIC ARC MAGMATISM AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON FOREARC BASIN SANDSTONE COMPOSITION AND RESERVOIR QUALITY IN COOK INLET BASIN, SOUTHERN ALASKA

WARTES, Marwan A.¹, HELMOLD, Kenneth P.², GILLIS, Robert J.¹, LEPAIN, David L.¹, HERRIOTT, Trystan M.¹, STANLEY, Richard G.³, FINZEL, Emily S.⁴ and JONES III, James V.⁵, (1)Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707, (2)Alaska Division of Oil & Gas, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1100, Anchorage, AK 99501-3560, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 969, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4)Earth & Environmental Science Department, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, North Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, marwan.wartes@alaska.gov, marwan.wartes@alaska.gov

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2:35 PM

INTERPRETATION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURE OF SUSITNA BASIN

LEWIS, Kristen A., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, POTTER, Christopher J., U.S. Geological Survey, 610 Taylor Road, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08854, SHAH, Anjana K., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, STANLEY, Richard G., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 969, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HAEUSSLER, Peter J., U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 and SALTUS, Richard W., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, cpotter@usgs.gov, cpotter@usgs.gov

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2:55 PM

EXTENSIONAL UNROOFING OF THE BROOKS RANGE REVEALED BY U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON SUITES FROM YUKON-KOYUKUK BASIN STRATA

O'BRIEN, Tim M., Geology and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, MILLER, Elizabeth L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, HOURIGAN, Jeremy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 94305 and PEASE, Victoria, Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden, timothy3@stanford.edu, timothy3@stanford.edu

3:15 PM

Break

6

3:30 PM

PETROGRAPHIC AND MICROFACIES ANALYSIS OF THE SHUBLIK FORMATION, NORTHERN ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AN UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE SYSTEM

KNOX, April Rae, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780 and WHALEN, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, arknox@alaska.edu, arknox@alaska.edu

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3:50 PM

THE SCHRADER BLUFF–PRINCE CREEK FORMATION TRANSITION AT SHIVUGAK BLUFFS: A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A MUDDY, POLAR DELTAIC SYSTEM FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF ARCTIC ALASKA

VAN DER KOLK, Dolores, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 10100 Burnet Road Building 130, Austin, TX 78758, FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, dvdk@utexas.edu, dvdk@utexas.edu

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4:10 PM

HETEROGENEITIES IN STRATA OF THE CRETACEOUS PRINCE CREEK FORMATION DRIVEN BY PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON THE COASTAL PLAIN OF ARCTIC ALASKA: EFFECTS ON RESERVOIR QUALITY AND GEOMETRIES

FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, MCCARTHY, Paul, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, VAN DER KOLK, Dolores, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St., Dallas, TX 75201 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu, peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu

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4:30 PM

ENTRAINED HYDROCARBONS PERIPHERAL TO THE AVAK IMPACT STRUCTURE, AND SOME SPECULATIONS ON OIL AND GAS MIGRATION IN THE BARROW AREA, NORTHERN ALASKA

BANET Jr., Arthur C., Free Range Geologist, 3050 Flyway Ave., Anchorage, AK 99516, abanetak@gmail.com, abanetak@gmail.com

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4:50 PM

MESOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE DINKUM GRABEN, ALASKA BEAUFORT SHELF, AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IMPLICATIONS

HOUSEKNECHT, David W., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192 and CONNORS, Christopher D., Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, dhouse@usgs.gov, dhouse@usgs.gov

Cordilleran Section - 111th Annual Meeting (11–13 May 2015)

T1. Tectonics, Sedimentation, and Energy Resource Potential of the Northern Cordillera