Sequence stratigraphy of the Kingak Shale (Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-302

  Houseknecht, David W ^a   Bird, Kenneth J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

SHOREFACE SANDSTONE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; JURASSIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE;

ALASKA; NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642279730     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10220303068     Document Type: Article

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