Yukon Flats Basin

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  334

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Yukon Flats Basin

• Parent Project:

  Frontier basins and rural energy

• Status:

  Complete

• Description:

  Yukon Flats Basin hydrocarbon potential study. Evaluate the coal and associated shale and sandstone strata of the Yukon Flats basin and provide new scientific data on coal quality, sedimentary facies, depositional environments, and hydrocarbon reservoir potential.

• Project Date(s):

  2001 - 2016

• Primary Contact:

  LePain, David L.

• DGGS section:

  Admin

• Project Participants:

  James G. Clough, David L. LePain, Rocky R. Reifenstuhl, Simone Montayne

• Stations/Samples:

  View list

Publications

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PIR 2016-6

LePain, D.L., and Stanley, R.G., 2017, Reconnaissance sedimentology of selected Tertiary exposures in the upland region bordering the Yukon Flats basin, east-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2016-6, 14 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/29700

RDF 2016-4

LePain, D.L., and Montayne, Simone, 2017, Core fragment descriptions, Exxon core holes, uplands bordering Yukon Flats basin, east-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2016-4, 2 p., 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/29576

RI 2006-1

Reifenstuhl, R.R., 2006, Yukon Flats basin, Alaska: Reservoir characterization study: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2006-1, 25 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/14910

NL 2002-3

DGGS Staff, and Reifenstuhl, R.R., 2002, Alaska GeoSurvey News - Reservoir characterization studies in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Newsletter 2002-3, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/14591