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ABSTRACTS
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AAPG PACIFIC SECTION

Arctic to the Cordillera: Unlocking the Potential

May 8-11, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Hosted by Alaska Geological Society

Appreciation is expressed to Steve Davies, Chief Program Assembler, for providing the abstracts.

 

Search and Discovery Article #90125 (2011)

Posted September 30, 2011

 

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The Belridge Giant Oil Field - 100 Years of History and a Look to the Future,
      Allan, Malcolm E.; Lalicata, Joseph J.

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An Overview of Exploration Activities in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; 2000-2010,
      Banet, Arthur C.

Correlation of Lower Devonian Strata of the Soda Creek Limestone, Medfra Quadrangle, West-Central Alaska and the Arctic Areas of Eastern Siberia on the Basis of Rhynchonellid Brachiopods,
      Baranov, Valeryi V.; Blodgett, Robert B.

The Topographically Asymmetrical Alaska Range: Multiple Tectonic Drivers Through Space and Time,
      Benowitz, Jeff; Fitzgerald, Paul; Haeussler, Peter J.; Herreid, Sam; Layer, Paul W.; O'Sullivan, Paul; Perry, Stephanie; Roeske, Sarah

Gas Potential of the Torok Formation in the Foothills of the Brooks Range - Alaska North Slope (Part A),
      Bever, Jeff; Slotboom, Robin; Rancier, Wayne

Gas Potential of the Torok Formation in the Foothills of the Brooks Range - Alaska North Slope (Part B),
      Bever, Jeff; Slotboom, Robin; Rancier, Wayne

The Siberian Origin of the Alexander Terrane of Southeast Alaska,
      Blodgett, Robert B.; Rohr, David M.; Boucot, Arthur J.

Integration of Geophysical Data with Amplified Geochemical Data To Reduce Risk of Reservoir Seal and Charge,
      Brown, Andre; Silliman, Alan

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Development and Project Utilization of Heater Cable in ESP Production Systems,
      Chung, Cameron; Cox, Don; Dalrymple, Larry; Yingst, Brad; Russell, James

Evolution of Coil Tubing Drilling (CTD) Unlocks Additional Resources at the Kuparuk Field, North Slope, Alaska,
      Clark, Bryn; Little, Laird; Van Nostrand, Dominique; Head, Jennifer; Hinkle, Amy; Braun, Michael; Venhaus, Dan; Gantt, Lamar

New Insights on Tertiary Coals of Southeast Alaska,
      Clough, James; Blodgett, Robert B.; Banet, Arthur C.

Tectonic Signatures in Sandstone Compaction Curves from Western North America: Implications for Porosity Prediction in Frontier Basins,
      Craddock, William; Covault, Jacob; Houseknecht, David W.

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Can We Decrease the Amount of Sound in the Ocean? A Review of Alternative Technologies for Oil and Gas Exploration,
      DaSilva Lage, Jana; Sloan, Pete

Petrologic and Geochemical Controls on Diagenesis for the Nanushuk Formation, North Slope, Alaska,
      Davis, Jeremy M.; McCarthy, Paul; Hanks, Cathy

A Step Back in Time: Oldest Record of Alaskan Dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation, Peninsular Terrane,
      Druckenmiller, Patrick; May, Kevin; Blodgett, Robert B.; McCarthy, Paul; Fowell, Sarah

Lithofacies, Age, and Geochemistry of the Otuk Formation (Triassic) in the Red Dog District, Northwest Alaska,
      Dumoulin, Julie A.; Burruss, Robert C.; Blome, Charles D.

The Brookian Foredeep: World Class Source Rocks with World Class Unconventional Resource Potential,
      Duncan, Edward A.

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Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Kotzebue Basin, Northwest Alaska,
      Eschner, Terence B.; Miller, Lance

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A New Dinosaur Ichnofauna from the Late Cretaceous of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska,
      Fiorillo, Anthony; Adams, Thomas; Kobahyashi, Yoshitsugu

Regional Geology and Reservoir Potential of the Schrader Bluff, Prince Creek, and Sagwon Member of the Sagavanirktok Formation (Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary), Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska,
      Flaig, Peter; Garrard, Richard; van der Kolk, Dolores

Integrated Facies Analysis, LiDAR-enhanced Architectural Analysis, and Petrography of a Potential Paleocene Reservoir: The Prince Creek Formation at Sagwon Bluffs, North Slope, Alaska,
      Flaig, Peter; van der Kolk, Dolores; Garrard, Richard; Wood, Lesli J.

The Granite Point Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Frankforter, Matthew J.; Waugaman, James C.

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A New Concept for Development of Alaska North Slope Viscous Oil Resources,
      Garg, Amitabh; Digert, Scott A.; Turak, Joe E.; Miller, Rob; Konkler, Jon

Structural and Stratigraphic Evidence for Transtensional Control of Paleogene Syn-tectonic Deposition along the Northwestern Periphery of the Cook Inlet Forearc Basin,
      Gillis, Robert J.; LePain, David L.; Decker, Paul L.; Herriott, Trystan M.; Wartes, Marwan A.; O'Sullivan, Paul

Insights from Recent Geologic Mapping of the South-central Sagavanirktok Quadrangle, North Slope, Alaska,
      Gillis, Robert J.; Decker, Paul L.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Loveland, Andrea

Preliminary Findings from Reconnaissance Structural Studies along the Bruin Bay Fault System and Adjacent Areas, South-Central Alaska,
      Gillis, Robert J.; Wartes, Marwan A.; O'Sullivan, Paul

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Focusing of Pliocene and Younger Deformation in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, Caused by Mantle Dynamics Related to Subduction and Collision of the Yakutat Microplate,
      Haeussler, Peter J.; Saltus, Richard

Preliminary Report on the Trace Fossils in a Shoreface to Coastal-Plain Transition: Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations at Shivugak Bluff, North Slope, Alaska,
      Hasiotis, Stephen T.; van der Kolk, Dolores; Flaig, Peter; Wood, Lesli J.

Invertebrate and Vertebrate Ichnofossils from the Lower Part of the Upper Cretaceous Cantwell Formation, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Insights into the Paleoenvironments, Paleohydrology, and Paleoclimate of High Latitude Continental Paleoecosystems,
      Hasiotis, Stephen T.; Fiorillo, Anthony; Kobahyashi, Yoshitsugu

Two Dimensional Burial History Model and Geochemical Evidence Shed Light on Petroleum Systems and Mixed Oil in the Vallecitos Area and Oil Field, San Joaquin Basin, California,
      He, Meng; Graham, Stephan; Moldowan, Mike; Lampe, Carolyn; Scheirer, Allegra; Peters, Kenneth E.; Magoon, Leslie B.

Reservoir Potential of Tertiary and Mesozoic Sandstones, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Helmold, Kenneth P.; LePain, David L.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Stanley, Richard G.; Gillis, Robert J.; Peterson, C. Shaun; Herriott, Trystan M.

Miocene Uplift and Unconformities at Wheeler Ridge, Kern County, CA,
      Henley, Gary; Negrini, Robert; Gordon, Stuart; Hirst, Brian

Sedimentology, Age, and Geologic Context of a Pleistocene Volcaniclastic Succession Near Spurr Volcano, Alaska,
      Herriott, Trystan M.; Nye, Christopher J.; Reger, Richard D.; Wartes, Marwan A.; LePain, David L.; Gillis, Robert J.

Structural and Stratigraphic Implications of Detailed Geologic Mapping of Ellesmerian and Brookian Units in the Echooka and Ivishak Rivers Region, East-central North Slope, Alaska,
      Herriott, Trystan M.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Decker, Paul L.; Wallace, Wes; Gillis, Robert J.; Reifenstuhl, Rocky R.; Speeter, Garrett

Small Scale Modular Nuclear Power: An Option for Alaska?,
      Holdmann, Gwen; Fay, Ginny

A Review of the Age of Rifting in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea and the Nature of the Lower Cretaceous Unconformity (LCU),
      Homza, Thomas; Bergman, Steven C.; Worrall, Dan M.; Jaeger, Guenter; Scheidemann, Robert C.; Winefield, Peter; Steffens, Gary S.; DiMarco, Michael; Van Oosterhout, Cees; Hafkenscheid, Edith

Tertiary Uplift in the Northern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) - Geology, Timing, and Influence on Petroleum Systems,
      Houseknecht, David W.; Bird, Ken J.; Burruss, Robert C.; O'Sullivan, Paul; Connors, Christopher

Implications of Tectonic Reorganization for Cretaceous Turbidite-Reservoir Architecture in the Brookian Sequence, North Slope, AK,
      Houseknecht, David W.; Covault, Jacob A.; Helmold, Kenneth P.; Craddock, William

Tectonic Influences on Thermal Maturation History of Arctic Alaska and the Southern Part of the Canada Basin,
      Houseknecht, David W.; Bird, Ken J.

Early Cretaceous Syntectonic Sedimentation along the Southern Margin of the Colville Foredeep - Stratigraphy and Depositional Facies in the lower Fortress Mountain Formation,
      Houseknecht, David W.; Schenk, Christopher J.; Wartes, Marwan; Mull, Gil; Rouse, William A.

Jones Island: Charming Aspects of an Unsuccessful 700 MMBO Prospect and What May Have Gone Wrong,
      Huckabay, William A.; Wardlaw, Watt

The Geology and Development of McArthur River Oil Field, Trading Bay Unit, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Hunter, William A.; Waugaman, Jim; Schmitt, Dennis A.; Frankforter, Matt; Schwartz, Kenneth M.

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Offshore Alaska: Prospect Maturation Techniques in Challenging Arctic Environments,
      Jaeger, Guenter; Homza, Thomas X.; Rosenbladt, Robert L.; Prusak, Deanne; Hurst, Clive; Buerkert, Thomas P.

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Seeing the Forest but not, until recently, the Trees: Understanding Marine Snow as a Building Block of Organic Carbon Rich Mudstones -- A Presentation in Honor of Ken Bird,
      Keller, Margaret A.

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Deposition of Paleocene(?)-Eocene West Foreland Formation, Northwest Margin Cook Inlet Basin: Record of Coeval Faulting and Explosive Volcanism,
      LePain, David L.; Stanley, Richard G.; Helmold, Kenneth P.; Peterson, C. S.; Gillis, Robert J.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Herriott, Trystan M.

Deposition of Middle Jurassic Tuxedni Group, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Initial Exhumation of an Early Jurassic Island Arc and Incipient Motion on the Bruin Bay Fault Zone,
      LePain, David L.; Stanley, Richard G.; Gillis, Robert J.; Helmold, Kenneth P.; Peterson, C. S.; Wartes, Marwan A.

Beluga River Gas Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Levinson, Richard A.

Petroleum Generation Modeling for Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska,
      Lillis, Paul G.; Stanley, Richard G.

MPS (Multiple Point Statistics) Modeling of a Complex Fluvial System, Ninilchik Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Longden, Mark R.; Gladczenko, Tad; Bracken, Bryan; Luzietti, Eugene

Detailed Geologic Mapping in the Kavik River Area, Eastern North Slope, Alaska: New Constraints on Stratigraphy and Structural Style,
      Loveland, Andrea M.; Wallace, Wesley K.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Gillis, Robert J.; Decker, Paul L.; Reifenstuhl, Rocky R.; Delaney, Paige

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Geothermal Resource Definition at Mt. Spurr, Alaska,
      Martini, Brigette A.; Lide, Chet; Walsh, Patrick; Payne, Allison; Delwiche, Benjamin; Owens, Lara

Emerging Energy Technology: Alaskan Innovation for Global Solutions,
      Meyer, Jason

Sand Body Geometries in Miocene-Pliocene Nonmarine Deposits, Cook Inlet Forearc Basin, South-Central Alaska,
      Mongrain, Jacob; McCarthy, Paul; LePain, David L.; Mongrain, Joanna

Wedge-tip Relations of the Early Cretaceous Brooks Range Deformation Front Near the Dalton Highway,
      Moore, Thomas E.; Potter, Christopher J.

An Integrated Approach to Estimate Reservoir Diagenesis,
      Morantes, Julymar M.; Matava, Tim; Ryer, Mihaela; McInerney, Kim

Practical Assessment of Advanced Battery Storage Technology for Power Systems in Alaska,
      Muhando, Billy; Holdmann, Gwen; Keith, Kat; Johnson, Tom

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Imaging Giant Stratigraphic Traps Using 3D Seismic Data in Brookian Lower Cretaceous Rocks, NPR-A,
      Niglio, Louis

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The Arctic Regulatory and Stakeholder Experience: Gene Pavia; Shannon Blue; Lindsay Renkert; James Burkhart, UMIAQ,
      Pavia, Gene; Blue, Shannon; Renkert, Lindsay; Burkhart, James E.

Could 4D Petroleum System Modeling Have Predicted Failure of the Mukluk Wildcat Well, North Slope, Alaska?,
      Peters, Kenneth E.; Schenk, Oliver; Bird, Ken J.; Magoon, Leslie B.

Using Geophysical Logs to Estimate Relative Uplift in Upper Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska,
      Peterson, C. Shaun; Helmold, Kenneth P.; Shellenbaum, Diane P.; LePain, David L.

The Offshore Arctic, National Assessment Results for the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement,
      Peterson, Robert H.; Craig, James; Sherwood, Kirk; Lu, Michael; Aleshire, Lynn

A 3D Magnetic Property Model of the Cook Inlet Basin, South-Central Alaska -- Imaging Tertiary Structural Traps and Mesozoic Sedimentary Thickness,
      Phillips, Jeffrey D.; Stanley, Richard G.

Potential of Airborne Remote Sensing for Geothermal Resource Exploration: A Case Study of Pilgrim Hot Springs, Alaska,
      Prakash, Anupma; Haselwimmer, Christian; Holdman, Gwen

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Upper Silurian Facies and Fauna of Northeast Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska,
      Rohr, David M.; Blodgett, Robert B.; Boucot, Arthur J.; Skaflestad, Jeff

Regional Geologic Framework for Appraising Continuous Petroleum Resources in Source-Rock Systems of Arctic Alaska,
      Rouse, William A.; Houseknecht, David W.; Bird, Ken J.; Garrity, Christopher P.

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Short-wave Length Gravity and Magnetic Anomalies Related to Shallow Sedimentary Structures, North Slope, Alaska (Examples from USGS Work Under Overall Direction of Ken Bird),
      Saltus, Richard; Phillips, Jeffrey D.

Why Cook Inlet is so Special (Geophysically),
      Saltus, Richard; Haeussler, Peter J.

Structural Geometry of the Big Bend Anticline, Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska,
      Sanders, Cheryl M.; Wallace, Wes

Mesozoic Brachiopods from Alaska as Paleogeographic, Paleoecological and Tectonic Tools in Terrane Analysis, including Additional Western Cordillera Localities,
      Sandy, Michael; Blodgett, Robert B.

Shallow Sedimentary Features of Cook Inlet, AK and Surroundings Revealed by Aeromagnetic Data,
      Shah, Anjana K.; Lewis, Kristen A.; Saltus, Richard; Stanley, Richard G.

Core-based Interpretation of Parasequence Stratigraphy within the Cretaceous Nanushuk Formation, Umiat, Alaska,
      Shimer, Grant; McCarthy, Paul; Hanks, Cathy

Short-rotation Woody Biomass as Alternative Energy Source for Interior and Southcentral Alaska,
      Sparrow, Stephen D.; Byrd, Amanda; Schnabel, William E.; Holdmann, Gwen

Preliminary Interpretation of Rock-Eval Pyrolysis and Vitrinite Reflectance Results From the Nunivak 1 Well in the Nenana Basin, Central Alaska,
      Stanley, Richard G.; Lillis, Paul G.

Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Potential, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska,
      Stanley, Richard G.; Potter, Christopher J.; Houseknecht, David W.; Lillis, Paul G.; Lewis, Kristen A.; Nelson, Philip A.; Rouse, William A.; Schenk, Christopher J.; Saltus, Richard; Phillips, Jeffrey D.; Shah, Anjana K.; Valin, Zenon C.

Interplay between Sequence Stratigraphy and Structure in the Eastern Colville Basin, North Slope, Alaska,
      Stockmeyer, Joseph M.; Frierson, Allen N.; Houseknecht, David W.; Connors, Christopher

Exploration Strategies in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska,
      Stone, Denise M.

Seismic Attribute Modeling and Inversion for Ninilchik Field, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Sun, Qiang; Meades, Ian R.; DeSantis, John E.; Best, John A.; Luzietti, Eugene A.; Longden, Mark R.

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Integrated Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lower Cantwell Formation near Sable Mountain, Denali National Park, Alaska,
      Tomsich, Carla S.; McCarthy, Paul; Fiorillo, Anthony R.

Basement Depth and Stratigraphic Thickness Solutions from Modeled Gravity Data for the Tanana and Nenana Basins and Implications for CO2 Sequestration,
      Tomsich, Carla S.; Hanks, Catherine L.; Coakley, Bernard J.

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Assessment of CO2 Sequestration Potential through Enhanced Oil Recovery in the North Slope of Alaska Oil Fields,
      Umekwe, Maduabuchi

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High-Latitude Shoreface to Coastal-Plain Transitions: The Schrader Bluff and Prince Creek Formations at Shivugak Bluff, North Slope, Alaska,
      van der Kolk, Dolores A.; Flaig, Peter; Hasiotis, Stephen T.; Wood, Lesli J.

Geology and Source Rock Potential of the Lower Cretaceous Pebble Shale Unit, Northeastern Alaska,
      van der Kolk, Dolores A.; Whalen, Michael T.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Newberry, Rainer J.; McCarthy, Paul

Implications of the Pore-Scale Distribution of Frozen Water for the Production of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Located in the Permafrost,
      Venepalli, Kiran K.; Mongrain, Joanna; Hanks, Catherine L.

Reservoir Geology and Development History of the Grayling Gas Sands Reservoir, McArthur River Field, Trading Bay Unit, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Voorhees, Brent J.; Schmitt, Dennis A.

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Contrast in Style and Evolution of Structures Between the Central and Eastern Foothills of the Brooks Range,
      Wallace, Wesley K.; Wartes, Marwan A.; Decker, Paul L.; Delaney, Paige; Duncan, Alec; Gillis, Robert J.; Herriott, Trystan M.; Loveland, Andrea; Polkowski, Steve; Reifenstuhl, Rocky R.; Sanders, Cheryl M.; Speeter, Garrett; Swenson, Robert

Improving the Nomenclature of the Brookian Depositional System in Northern Alaska: the Role of Sequence Stratigraphy,
      Wartes, Marwan A.; Decker, Paul L.; Gillis, Robert J.

Stratigraphic Evidence for Late Jurassic Activity on the Bruin Bay Fault, Iniskin Peninsula, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska,
      Wartes, Marwan A.; Herriott, Trystan M.; Helmold, Kenneth P.; Gillis, Robert J.; LePain, David L.; Stanley, Richard G.

Fracture Distribution and Character in Exposed Cretaceous Rocks Near the Umiat Anticline, North Slope of Alaska,
      Wentz, Raelene; Hanks, Cathy; Wallace, Wes; McCarthy, Paul

Geochemical Insights into the Paleoceanography of Triassic Arctic Alaska, Shublik and Otuk Formations,
      Whalen, Michael T.; Katz, Miriam; Godfrey, Linda; Milligan, Allen J.; Kelly, Landon N.

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