Geology and resource potential of the continental margin of Western North America and Adjacent Ocean Basins: Beaufort Sea to Baja California. Circum-Pacific council for energy and mineral resources earth science series, Volume 6

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OSTI ID:10143646

Scholl, D W; Grantz, A; Vedder, J G ^[1]

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1. comps.; United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

This collection of papers summarizes the geologic framework and resource potential of offshore western North America from the Arctic Ocean to Baja California, including ocean regions of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The idea that these papers should be prepared and brought together in a single volume arose late in 1982. At that time the US Geological Survey`s program of marine studies, which began in the early 1960s, completed its regional reconnaissance of the stratigraphy and structure of almost the entire margin of western North America and adjacent sea floor. It was therefore deemed timely and appropriate to summarize the important results of this effort and provide a systematic, region-by-region description of the framework geology and resource potential of this extensive, submerged region. It also appeared--as economic conditions ultimately become more favorable for the commercial development of marine georesources--that such a summary would be useful to the petroleum and mineral industries, and to public agencies and officials concerned with management of the offshore domains of the United States. Each paper has been processed separately for inclusion in the Energy Science and Technology Database.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI05-87ER13724
• OSTI ID: 10143646
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13724--T1; ON: UN94010247; BR: KC0403030; ISBN 0-933687-06-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020200
58 GEOSCIENCES
580000
ARCTIC OCEAN
CALIFORNIA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
GEOLOGY
GEOSCIENCES
LEADING ABSTRACT
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
RESERVES, GEOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION
RESOURCE POTENTIAL