Stratigraphy and facies of Cretaceous Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations in Colville River Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1748, 2007, Pages 1-45

  Flores, Romeo M ^a   Myers, Mark D ^a   Houseknecht, David W ^a   Stricker, Gary D ^a   Brizzolara, Donald W ^b   Ryherd, Timothy J ^b   Takahashi, Kenneth I ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Alaska Division of Oil and Gas   (United States)

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