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Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., O'Sullivan, P.B., and Gillis, R.J., 2019, Detrital zircon maximum depositional dates for the Jurassic Chinitna and Naknek Formations, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: A preliminary view: Preliminary Interpretive Report PIR 2019-5, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.Online Links:
This is a point data set.
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.0001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is GRS 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101000025.
The State of Alaska funded this work. Merlin "Spanky" Handley safely transported our field crew to collect samples in Oil Bay. We thank Alaska Homestead Lodge for their hospitality. Discussions with Jamey Jones, Richard Lease, Matt Rioux, Jim Crowley, Mark Schmitz, and Mareca Guthrie improved this study. Kristen Janssen formatted this report, and Simone Montayne managed the metadata. Dave LePain and Mandy Willingham provided reviews that improved this paper.
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The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys leads a basin analysis program in Cook Inlet of south-central Alaska. This program aims to improve understanding of the region's petroleum geology and includes work in the Iniskin Bay-Tuxedni Bay area of lower Cook Inlet. A major focus of these studies is the Jurassic forearc stratigraphy, which hosts the basin's oil source rocks. Robust biostratigraphic constraints provide temporal context for this economically significant Jurassic succession. However, prior to this work, no modern radioisotopic dates were available to render absolute age control. Chronostratigraphy is an integral part of basin analysis, and geochronologic dates are commonly obtained to refine existing frameworks that have historically relied on paleontologic collections.
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Locations were measured using a recreational grade GPS. Note that location coordinates for sample 09BG010-14.5C (N59.66258° W153.27545° [NAD83]) are tied to the base of a measured section that lies 14.5 m stratigraphically below the sampled bed.
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