Cook Inlet geology and hydrocarbon potential

Project Details

---

• Project ID:

  187

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Cook Inlet

• Parent Project:

  Energy Resources Section projects

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  Cook Inlet basin analysis program aimed at developing a better understanding of the near-margin stratigraphic and structural components of the Cook Inlet petroleum system

• Project Date(s):

  2006 - present

• Primary Contact:

• Alternate Url:

  Find out more...

• Project Participants:

  Betka, Paul M., Blodgett, Robert B., Decker, Paul L., Finzel, Emily S., Gillis, Robert J., Harun, Nina T., Helmold, Kenneth P., Herriott, Trystan M., LePain, David L., Loveland, Andrea M., McCarthy, P. J., Mongrain, Jacob R., Nadin, Elisabeth, Nye, Christopher J., Peterson, Shaun, Reger, Richard D., Rosenthal, Jacob L., Silliphant, Laura J., Stanley, Richard G., Wartes, Marwan A., Willingham, Mandy L.

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Tyonek - Capps Glacier area - (2009)
  • • Lower Cook Inlet (Iniskin Bay-Tuxedni Bay area) - (2013)
  •      • Iniskin Peninsula - (2013)
  •      • Red Glacier - (2015)
  •      • Tuxedni Bay - (2017)

• Stations/Samples:

  View list

Related Publications

---

PR 125 v. 1.1

Gillis, R.J., Wartes, M.A., Herriott, T.M., LePain, D.L., Benowitz, J.A., Wypych, Alicja, Donelick, R.A., O'Sullivan, P.B., and Layer, P.W., 2022, 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb geochronology of Cretaceous-Paleocene igneous rocks and Cenozoic strata of northwestern Cook Inlet, Alaska: Linkages between arc magmatism, cooling, faulting, and forearc subsidence: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 125 v. 1.1, 78 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30554

RDF 2021-8

Zippi, P.A., Gillis, R.J., Montayne, Simone, and Loveland, A.M., 2021, Palynological and thermal maturity analysis of outcrop samples from the Kenai, Seldovia, and Tyonek quadrangles, Cook Inlet region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2021-8, 4 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30660

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

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 2018-4

Rosenthal, J.L., Betka, P.M., Gillis, R.J., and Nadin, E.S., 2018, Fracture intensity of the Mesozoic sedimentary forearc strata of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2018-4, 38 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30063

PIR 2017-5

Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2017, Discovery of a 35-meter-thick, oil-stained sandstone interval in outcrop of the Tonnie Siltstone Member, Chinitna Formation, lower Cook Inlet, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2017-5, 12 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29837

RDF 2017-7

Gillis, R.J., Benowitz, J.A., O'Sullivan, P.B., Layer, P.W., and Wartes, M.A., 2017, Zircon U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar results from dikes collected within the Bruin Bay fault zone, lower Cook Inlet: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2017-7, 14 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29750

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

RDF 2016-5

Freeman, L.K., Gillis, R.J., Elliott, B.A., and Wypych, Alicja, 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2010 in the Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-5, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29651

RDF 2016-3

Wypych, Alicja, Gillis, R.J., Betka, P.M., and Decker, P.L., 2016, Major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected in 2015 in lower Cook Inlet, Iniskin - Tuxedni region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-3, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29575

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 2016-1-2

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., and Helmold, K.P., 2016, Nonmarine facies in the Late Triassic(?) to Early Jurassic Horn Mountain Tuff Member of the Talkeetna Formation, Horn Mountain, lower Cook Inlet basin, 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 2016-1-2, p. 9-20. https://doi.org/10.14509/29535

PIR 2016-1-3

LePain, D.L., Stanley, R.G., and Helmold, K.P., 2016, Reconnaissance stratigraphy of the Red Glacier Formation (Middle Jurassic) near Hungryman Creek, Cook Inlet basin, 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 2016-1-3, p. 21-31. https://doi.org/10.14509/29536

PIR 2016-1-4

Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., and Stanley, R.G., 2016, Sedimentary petrology and reservoir quality of the Middle Jurassic Red Glacier Formation, Cook Inlet forearc basin: Initial impressions, 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 2016-1-4, p. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.14509/29537

PIR 2016-1-5

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., and Harun, N.T., 2016, Preliminary stratigraphic architecture of the Middle Jurassic Paveloff Siltstone Member, Chinitna Formation, Tuxedni Bay area, 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 2016-1-5, p. 39-44. https://doi.org/10.14509/29539

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 2016-1-7

Gillis, R.J., 2016, Discovery of a new sandstone with residual oil in Maastrichtian(?) strata at Shelter Creek, lower 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 2016-1-7, p. 51-58. https://doi.org/10.14509/29541

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

PIR 2016-1-10

Betka, P.M., and Gillis, R.J., 2016, Observations on the Bruin Bay fault system between Chinitna and Tuxedni bays, 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 2016-1-10, p. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.14509/29544

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

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

PIR 2014-2

Gillis, R.J., ed., 2014, Cook Inlet program 2013 field studies: Observations and preliminary interpretations from new 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping of the Iniskin Peninsula, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2014-2, 31 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/27303

RI 2014-2

Herriott, T.M., Nye, C.J., Reger, R.D., Wartes, M.A., LePain, D.L., and Gillis, R.J., 2014, Geologic context, age constraints, and sedimentology of a Pleistocene volcaniclastic succession near Mount Spurr volcano, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2014-2, 35 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/27261

RDF 2010-1 v. 1.1

Loveland, A.M., 2014, Results of mercury-injection capillary pressure tests on outrcrop samples in the Tyonek area of Cook Inlet: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2010-1 v. 1.1, 102 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/20481

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 2013-4

Loveland, A.M., and PetroTech Associates, 2013, Mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) results from outcrop samples in the Tyonek, Beluga, and West Foreland formations, Tyonek and Talkeetna quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2013-4, 5 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/25299

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

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

PIR 2013-1A

Gillis, R.J., 2013, Overview of 2012 field studies: Upper Alaska Peninsula and west side of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1A, p. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.14509/24844

PIR 2013-1B

Stanley, R.G., Herriott, T.M., LePain, D.L., Helmold, K.P., and Peterson, C.S., 2013, Reconnaissance studies of potential petroleum source rocks in the Middle Jurassic Tuxedni Group near Red Glacier, eastern slope of Iliamna Volcano, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1B, p. 5-9. https://doi.org/10.14509/24845

PIR 2013-1C

Helmold, K.P., 2013, Reservoir quality of sandstones in the Naknek and Kaguyak Formations: Field observations, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1C, p. 11-12. https://doi.org/10.14509/24846

PIR 2013-1D

Gillis, R.J., Maley, M.R., Frohman, R.A., and Peterson, C.S., 2013, Fracture studies in Upper Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic strata on the upper Alaska Peninsula and lower Cook Inlet, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1D, p. 13-17. https://doi.org/10.14509/24847

PIR 2013-1E

Stanley, R.G., Herriott, T.M., Helmold, K.P., Gillis, R.J., and Lillis, P.G., 2013, Hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone in the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation on the south shore of Kamishak Bay, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1E, p. 19-23. https://doi.org/10.14509/24848

PIR 2013-1F

Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Stanley, R.G., Herriott, T.M., Helmold, K.P., and Gillis, R.J., 2013, Preliminary stratigraphy and facies analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Kaguyak Formation, including a brief summary of newly discovered oil stain, upper Alaska Peninsula, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1F, p. 25-32. https://doi.org/10.14509/24849

PIR 2013-1G

Gillis, R.J., Swenson, R.F., Wartes, M.A., and Frohman, R.A., 2013, Reconnaissance investigations of the Bruin Bay fault system along the western margin of lower Cook Inlet and upper Alaska Peninsula, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1G, p. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.14509/24850

PIR 2013-1H

Wartes, M.A., Herriott, T.M., Helmold, K.P., and Gillis, R.J., 2013, Preliminary stratigraphic interpretation of the Naknek Formation: Evidence for Late Jurassic activity on the Bruin Bay fault, Iniskin Peninsula, lower Cook Inlet, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1H, p. 39-46. https://doi.org/10.14509/24851

PIR 2013-1I

Gillis, R.J., 2013, Acknowledgments and references cited, in Gillis, R.J., ed., 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 2013-1I, p. 47-48. https://doi.org/10.14509/24852

RI 2012-1

LePain, D.L., Lillis, P.G., Helmold, K.P., and Stanley, R.G., 2012, Migrated hydrocarbons in exposure of Maastrichtian nonmarine strata near Saddle Mountain, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2012-1, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/23943

RDF 2012-1

Zippi, P.A., and Loveland, A.M., 2012, Palynological analysis of 228 outcrop samples from the Kenai, Seldovia, and Tyonek quadrangles, Cook Inlet region, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2012-1, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/23723

RI 2010-2

Shellenbaum, D.P., Gregersen, L.S., and Delaney, P.R., 2010, Top Mesozoic unconformity depth map of the Cook Inlet basin, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2010-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000. https://doi.org/10.14509/21961

PIR 2009-8

LePain, D.L., ed., 2009, Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-8, 187 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/20161

PIR 2009-8A

LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., McCarthy, P.J., Stanley, R.G., Silliphant, L.J., Peterson, Shaun, Shellenbaum, D.P., Helmold, K.P., Decker, P.L., Mongrain, J.R., and Gillis, R.J., 2009, Facies associations, sand body geometry, and depositional systems in Late Oligocene-Pliocene Strata, southern Kenai Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Alaska: Report on progress during the 2006-07 field season, in LePain, D.L., ed., Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-8A, p. 1-97. https://doi.org/10.14509/20162

PIR 2009-8B

Finzel, E.S., Ridgway, K.D., and LePain, D.L., 2009, Sedimentology of an Oligocene-Miocene incised paleovalley, Tyonek Formation, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, in LePain, D.L., ed., Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-8B, p. 99-107. https://doi.org/10.14509/20163

PIR 2009-8C

Blodgett, R.B., 2009, Report on day trip (5/16/07) to visit Mesozoic rocks exposed in Port Graham and near Seldovia, southern Kenai Peninsula, in LePain, D.L., ed., Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-8C, p. 109-116. https://doi.org/10.14509/20164

PIR 2009-8D

Loveland, Andrea, 2009, Mercury injection capillary pressure results from outcrop samples in the Homer area of Cook Inlet, in LePain, D.L., ed., Preliminary results of recent geologic investigations in the Homer-Kachemak Bay area, Cook Inlet basin: Progress during the 2006-2007 field season: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-8D, p. 117-187. https://doi.org/10.14509/20165

PIR 2009-4

Finzel, E.S., Gillis, R.J., Ridgway, K.D., and LePain, D.L., 2009, Preliminary evaluation of basin margin exhumation and provenance of Cenozoic strata, Chuitna and Beluga rivers area, Cook Inlet forearc basin, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-4, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/19641

PIR 2009-3

Gillis, R.J., LePain, D.L., Ridgway, K.D., and Finzel, E.S., 2009, A reconnaissance view of an unnamed fault near Capps Glacier, northwestern Cook Inlet basin, and its potential as a regional-scale, basin-controlling structure: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-3, 9 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/19503

PIR 2009-2

Reger, R.D., 2009, Reinterpretation of the Kaloa deposits near Granite Point, northwestern Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2009-2, 8 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/18241

RI 2007-2

Hickey, J.J., Wilson, M.D., and Reifenstuhl, R.R., 2007, Petrographic study of 50 samples from the Tertiary sandstone of Cook Inlet, Alaska: potential tight gas reservoirs: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2007-2, 64 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/15774

Posters and Presentations

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

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2018

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Stanley, R.G., Decker, P.L., Helmold, K.P., and Harun, N.T., 2018, Sequence-stratigraphic framework of the Middle Jurassic Chinitna Formation, Cook Inlet forearc basin, south-central Alaska (presentation): Alaska Geological Society, 20 March 2018, Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 77 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30031

Gillis, R.J. and others, 2017

Gillis, R.J., LePain, D.L., Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Shellenbaum, D.P., Benowitz, J.A., and O'Sullivan, P.B., 2017, Results of 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping and related field studies in the south-central Tyonek Quadrangle, Alaska: Late Paleocene?-middle Eocene transtension and post-Oligocene inversion on the northwest periphery of the Cook Inlet forearc basin (poster): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Cordilleran Section Meeting, May 22-24, Anchorage, AK.: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30139

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2017

Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Stanley, R.G., Decker, P.L., Helmold, K.P., and Harun, N.T., 2017, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Chinitna Formation, Iniskin-Tuxedni bays area, south-central Alaska -- Late Middle Jurassic depositional systems and petroleum prospectivity in Cook Inlet forearc basin (poster): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 22–24 May 2017: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29757

Gillis, R.J. and others, 2016

Gillis, R.J., Shellenbaum, D.P., Herriott, T.M., Mauel, D.J., Wartes, M.A., Decker, P.L., Freeman, L.K., LePain, D.L., Gregersen, L.S., Elliott, B.A., Benowitz, J.A., and O'Sullivan, P.B., 2016, Results of new 1:63,360-scale geologic mapping and related field studies in the south-central Tyonek Quadrangle, south-central Alaska: Middle Eocene transtension and post-Oligocene inversion on the northwest periphery of the Cook Inlet forearc basin (poster): Alaska Geological Society Technical conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 22, 2016: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29672

Gregersen, L.S. and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2015

Gregersen, L.S., and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2015, Preliminary top Mesozoic unconformity subcrop map, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska (poster): Alaska Geological Society Technical Conference, May 15, 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29410

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

Loveland, A.M. and others, 2012

Loveland, A.M., Gillis, R.J., Wartes, M.A., LePain, D.L., and Herriott, T.M., 2012, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys: 2012 Energy Resources Projects (poster): Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/24524

Helmold, K.P. and others, 2011

Helmold, K.P., LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Stanley, R.G., Gillis, R.J., Peterson, Shaun, and Herriott, T.M., 2011, Reservoir potential of Tertiary and Mesozoic sandstones, Cook Inlet, Alaska (presentation): AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 10, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 28 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/22502

Peterson, C.S. and others, 2011

Peterson, C.S., Helmold, K.P., Shellenbaum, D.P., and LePain, D.L., 2011, Using geophysical logs to estimate relative uplift in Cook Inlet basin, Alaska (presentation): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 10, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 27 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21803

Herriott, T.M. and others, 2011

Herriott, T.M., Nye, C.J., Reger, R.D., Wartes, M.A., LePain, D.L., and Gillis, R.J., 2011, Sedimentology, age, and geologic context of a Pleistocene volcaniclastic succession near Spurr volcano, Alaska (presentation): AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, May 10, 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 29 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/22503

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

Gregersen, Laura and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2010

Gregersen, Laura, and Shellenbaum, D.P., 2010, Progress on Developing a Cook Inlet Mesozoic Subcrop Map (presentation): U.S. Geological Survey Cook Inlet Geology Review Meeting, Anchorage Alaska, September 21-22, 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 51 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21801

Helmold, K.P., 2010

Helmold, K.P., 2010, Petrology & reservoir quality of Cook Inlet sandstones - regional perspective (presentation): U.S. Geological Survey Cook Inlet Geology Review Meeting, Anchorage Alaska, September 21-22, 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 42 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21804

LePain, D.L. and others, 2008

LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., McCarthy, P.J., Stanley, R.G., Silliphant, L.J., Helmold, K.P., Shellenbaum, D.P., Gillis, R.J., Peterson, Shaun, Mongrain, J.R., and Decker, P.L., 2008, Tertiary depositional systems in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska: Influence of fluvial style on reservoir geometries and stratigraphic trap potential (poster): AAPG 2008 Annual Convention and Exhibition, Abstract Volume 17, p. 119: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/21829

Shellenbaum, D.P. and Silliphant, L.J., 2008

Shellenbaum, D.P., and Silliphant, L.J., 2008, Cook Inlet Mesozoic subcrop and base Tertiary depth structure mapping (presentation): DNR Spring Technical Review Meeting, Anchorage, March 26-27, 2008: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 24 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/21827

Annual Reports

AR 2014-A

DGGS Staff, 2015, Energy Resources FY15 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2014-A, p. 32-38. https://doi.org/10.14509/29180

AR 2013-A

DGGS Staff, 2014, Energy Resources FY14 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2013-A, p. 34-40. https://doi.org/10.14509/27001

AR 2012-A

DGGS Staff, 2013, Energy Resources FY13 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2012-A, p. 28-33. https://doi.org/10.14509/24785

AR 2011-A

LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Clough, J.G., 2012, Energy Resources FY12 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2011-A, p. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.14509/23303

AR 2010-A

LePain, D.L., Clough, J.G., Gillis, R.J., Herriott, T.M., and Wartes, M.A., 2011, Energy Resources FY11 project descriptions, in DGGS Staff, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 2010-A, p. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.14509/22181