Chapter 32: Geology and petroleum potential of the Arctic Alaska petroleum province

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 485-499

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROPLATE; MISSISSIPPIAN; OROGENIC BELT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROLEUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; RIFT ZONE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051941882     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.32     Document Type: Article

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