Availability of cores and cuttings and petrographic thin-sections from the Ellesmerian strata of 16 test wells of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Bowsher, A L; Tailleur, I L

Title: Availability of cores and cuttings and petrographic thin-sections from the Ellesmerian strata of 16 test wells of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

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This report announces that cores and cuttings from wells drilled in the exploration of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska are available to the public for non-destructive analysis at the cold storage facility. A set of 99 thin-sections for 16 wells can be borrowed for off-site study for a period of three weeks. (DMC)

Authors:: Bowsher, A L; Tailleur, I L

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

Research Org.:: Geological Survey, Washington, DC (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5098330

Report Number(s):: USGS-OFR-81-1171
ON: DE82906220

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 58 GEOSCIENCES; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROGRAPHY; ALASKA; DRILL CORES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; FEDERAL REGION X; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; RESOURCES; TESTING; USA; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 580300 - Mineralogy, Petrology, & Rock Mechanics- (-1989)

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                    Bowsher, A L, and Tailleur, I L. Availability of cores and cuttings and petrographic thin-sections from the Ellesmerian strata of 16 test wells of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.  United States: N. p., 1981. 
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                    Bowsher, A L, & Tailleur, I L. Availability of cores and cuttings and petrographic thin-sections from the Ellesmerian strata of 16 test wells of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.  United States.

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