Naknek Formation

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RDF 2025-10

Qureshi, K.A., and PetroTech Associates, 2025, Mercury injection capillary pressure results from Middle and Upper Jurassic outcrop samples in the Iniskin Peninsula area of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2025-10, 30 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31522

RI 2020-5

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., and Helmold, K.P., 2020, Deepwater mass-transport complex in the Upper Jurassic Pomeroy Arkose Member, Naknek Formation, Chinitna Bay, Alaska: The depositional record of co-genetic slumps and debris flows in a slope to proximal basin floor setting: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2020-5, 31 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30464

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2019

Herriott, T.M., Crowley, J.L., Schmitz, M.D., Wartes, M.A., and Gillis, R.J., 2019, Exploring the law of detrital zircon in Alaska’s Cook Inlet: LA-ICPMS and CA-TIMS geochronology of Jurassic forearc strata (presentation): Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, 22–25 September 2019, Phoenix, Arizona: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30269

PIR 2019-5

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: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2019-5, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30180

RI 2017-10

Schaefer, J.R., Scott, W.E., and Layer, P.W., 2017, Geologic map of Mount Chiginagak volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2017-10, 32 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:25,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/29769

RI 2017-4

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2017, Deep-water canyons and sequence-stratigraphic framework of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2017-4, 53 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29707

RI 2016-4

Gregersen, L.S., and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2016, Top Mesozoic unconformity subcrop map, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2016-4, 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/29658

PIR 2016-1

Herriott, T.M., ed., 2016, Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1, 78 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29532

PIR 2016-1-1

Herriott, T.M., 2016, Introduction to petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-1, p. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.14509/29534

PIR 2016-1-6

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2016, Record of a Late Jurassic deep-water canyon at Chisik Island, south-central Alaska: Further delineation of Naknek Formation depositional systems in lower Cook Inlet, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-6, p. 45-49. https://doi.org/10.14509/29540

PIR 2016-1-8

Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., and Harun, N.T., 2016, Revised mapping of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation in a footwall syncline associated with the Bruin Bay fault system, Chinitna Bay region, western Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-8, p. 59-66. https://doi.org/10.14509/29542

PIR 2016-1-9

Rosenthal, J.L., Betka, P.M., Gillis, R.J., and Nadin, Elisabeth, 2016, Fracture intensity in the Paveloff Siltstone Member (Chinitna Formation) and Pomeroy Arkose Member (Naknek Formation), Iniskin Peninsula, Alaska: Implications for hydrocarbon migration in Cook Inlet basin, in Herriott, T.M., ed., Petroleum-related geologic studies in lower Cook Inlet during 2015, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-1-9, p. 67-72. https://doi.org/10.14509/29543

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2015

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2015, Sequence stratigraphic framework of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation, Cook Inlet forearc basin, south-central Alaska (presentation): Alaska Geological Society, 17 November 2015, Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 73 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29551

PIR 2015-5

Wartes, M.A., ed., 2015, Energy-related studies during the 2014 field season, western Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2015-5, 62 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29455

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2015

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., 2015, Deep-water canyons in the Snug Harbor Siltstone and Pomeroy Arkose Members, Naknek Formation, Alaska - New insights into the sequence stratigraphy of the Late Jurassic Cook Inlet forearc basin (presentation): Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Annual Meeting, May 11-13, 2015, Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 37 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29443

PIR 2014-3

Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2014, Geologic-mapping-based observations of the Middle Jurassic Chinitna Formation and Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation in the Tilted Hills, Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2014-3, 23 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/27305

RDF 2014-1

Loveland, A.M., and PetroTech Associates, 2014, Mercury injection capillary pressure results from outcrop samples in the Kaguyak, Naknek, and West Foreland formations, Iniskin Peninsula region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2014-1, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/27021

RDF 2013-6

Loveland, A.M., and PetroTech Associates, 2013, Mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) results from outcrop samples in the Naknek Formation, Iniskin Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2013-6, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/25494

RDF 2013-1

Loveland, A.M., and PetroTech Associates, 2013, Mercury injection capillary pressure results from outcrop samples in the Indecision Creek Member of the Naknek Formation and the Kaguyak Formation type section: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2013-1, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/24916

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2013

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Stanley, R.G., Lillis, P.G., Helmold, K.P., Decker, P.L., and Gillis, R.J., 2013, Oil-stained sandstones of the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation and Upper Cretaceous Kaguyak Formation, Kamishak Bay area, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska (poster): AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Monterey, CA, April 23, 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/25139

PIR 2013-5

Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., Wilson, M.D., and Peterson, C.S., 2013, Petrology and reservoir potential of Tertiary and Mesozoic sandstones, Cook Inlet, Alaska: A preliminary analysis of outcrop samples collected during 2007-2010 field seasons: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2013-5, 34 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/25035

PIR 2013-1

Gillis, R.J., ed., 2013, Overview of 2012 field studies: Upper Alaska Peninsula and west side of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2013-1, 48 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/24824

Gillis, R.J. and others, 2011

Gillis, R.J., Wartes, M.A., and O'Sullivan, P.B., 2011, Preliminary findings from reconnaissance structural studies along the Bruin Bay fault system and adjacent areas, south-central Alaska: AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 10, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/23403

RI 2008-1 v. 1.0.1

Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Decker, P.L., eds., 2008, Bristol Bay-Alaska Peninsula region, overview of 2004-2007 geologic research: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2008-1 v. 1.0.1, 223 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:50,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/17921

PIR 2008-1F

Decker, P.L., Wartes, M.A., Wallace, W.K., Houseknecht, D.W., Schenk, C.J., Gillis, R.J., and Mongrain, J.R., 2008, Stratigraphic and structural investigations in the Ivishak River and Gilead Creek areas: Progress during 2007, in Wartes, M.A., and Decker, P.L., eds., Preliminary results of recent geologic field investigations in the Brooks Range Foothills and North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2008-1F, p. 55-83, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/16089

RDF 2006-1

Strauch, A.L., Gillis, R.J., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Decker, P.L., 2006, 2006 Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula field summary and outcrop sample results from porosity & permeability and mercury injection capillary pressure analyses: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2006-1, 65 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/15751

PIR 2005-7

Decker, P.L., Finzel, E.S., Ridgway, K.D., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Blodgett, R.B., 2005, Preliminary summary of the 2005 field season: Port Moller, Herendeen Bay, and Dillingham areas, Bristol Bay basin, Alaska Peninsula: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2005-7, 55 p., 2 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/7190

PIR 2005-4

Finzel, E.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., Decker, P.L., and Ridgway, K.D., 2005, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and hydrocarbon reservoir-source rock potential, using surface and subsurface data, of Tertiary and Mesozoic strata, Bristol Bay basin and Alaska Peninsula: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2005-4, 69 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/7184

PIR 2005-1

Reifenstuhl, R.R., Bailey, R.D., and Finzel, E.S., 2005, Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula 2004: Fieldwork and sample analyses compilation report: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2005-1, 20 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/7001

RDF 2004-3

Reifenstuhl, R.R., Shafer, D.C., Ryherd, T.J., Brizzolara, D.W., and Blodgett, R.B., 2004, Summary of May 25-June 4, 2004, field notes and samples, Puale Bay and Wide Bay areas, Alaska Peninsula: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2004-3, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/3317

PR 118H

Pasch, A.D., and May, K.C., 1998, First occurrence of a Hadrosaur (Dinosauria) from the Matanuska Formation (Turonian) in the Talkeetna Mountains of south-central Alaska, in Clough, J.G., and Larson, Frank, eds., Short notes on Alaska geology 1997: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 118H, p. 99-109. https://doi.org/10.14509/2335

PDF 95-23

Clough, J.G., and Murphy, J.M., 1995, Low-temperature thermal history of three wells in southern Alaska offshore basins: Lower Cook Inlet, Shelikof Strait, and Stevenson trough: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 95-23, 79 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/1702

PDF 86-72

Merritt, R.D., and McGee, D.L., 1986, Depositional environments and resource potential of Cretaceous coal-bearing strata at Chignik and Herendeen Bay, Alaska Peninsula: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 86-72, 44 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/1262

GR 62

Lyle, W.M., Morehouse, J.A., Palmer, I.F., Jr., and Bolm, J.G., 1979, Tertiary formations and associated Mesozoic rocks in the Alaska Peninsula area, Alaska, and their petroleum-reservoir and source-rock potential: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 62, 69 p., 19 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/416

SR 8

Conwell, C.N., and Triplehorn, D.M., 1978, Herendeen Bay - Chignik coals, southern Alaska Peninsula: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Special Report 8, 15 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/2607

OM 95

Kirschner, C.E., and Minard, D.L., 1949, Geology of the Iniskin Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map 95, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.