Nonmarine upper cretaceous rocks, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Journal Article
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· Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6982973
- Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
A section of Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) nonmarine sandstone, conglomerate, and siltstone with associated coal is exposed near Saddle mountain on the northwest flank of Cook Inlet basin, the only known surface exposure of nonmarine Upper Cretaceous rocks in the Cook Inlet area. The section, at least 83.3 m thick, unconformably overlies the Upper Jurassic Naknek Formation and is unconformably overlain by the lower Tertiary West Foreland Formation. These upper Cretaceous rocks correlate lithologically with the second or deeper interval of nonmarine Upper Cretaceous rocks penetrated in the lower Cook Inlet COST 1 well.
- OSTI ID:
- 6982973
- Journal Information:
- Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 64:8; ISSN AAPGB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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580100* -- Geology & Hydrology-- (-1989)
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CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
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FUELS
GEOLOGIC AGES
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NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
PACIFIC OCEAN
ROCKS
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STRATIGRAPHY
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