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Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region (58-64 degrees to 90 degrees N) that may be prospective for hydrocarbons

Arthur Grantz, Robert A. Scott, Sergey S. Drachev, Thomas E. Moore and Zenon C. Valin
Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region (58-64 degrees to 90 degrees N) that may be prospective for hydrocarbons (in Arctic petroleum geology, Anthony M. Spencer (editor), Ashton F. Embry (editor), Donald L. Gautier (editor), Antonina V. Stoupakova (editor) and Kai Sorensen (editor))
Memoirs of the Geological Society of London (2011) 35: 17-37

Abstract

A total of 143 sedimentary successions that contain, or may be prospective for, hydrocarbons were identified in the Arctic Region north of 58-64 degrees N and mapped in four quadrants at a scale of 1:11 000000. Eighteen of these successions (12.6%) occur in the Arctic Ocean Basin, 25 (17.5%) in the passive and sheared continental margins of the Arctic Basin and 100 (70.0%) on the Circum-Arctic continents of which one (<10%) lies in the active margin of the Pacific Rim. Each succession was assigned to one of 13 tectonostratigraphic and morphologic classes and coloured accordingly on the map. The thickness of each succession and that of any underlying sedimentary section down to economic basement, where known, are shown on the map by isopachs Major structural or tectonic features associated with the creation of the successions, or with the enhancement or degradation of their hydrocarbon potential, are also shown. Forty-four (30.8%) of the successions are known to contain hydrocarbon accumulations, 64 (44.8%) are sufficiently thick to have generated hydrocarbons and 35 (24.5%) may be too thin to be prospective.


ISSN: 0435-4052
Serial Title: Memoirs of the Geological Society of London
Serial Volume: 35
Title: Sedimentary successions of the Arctic region (58-64 degrees to 90 degrees N) that may be prospective for hydrocarbons
Title: Arctic petroleum geology
Author(s): Grantz, ArthurScott, Robert A.Drachev, Sergey S.Moore, Thomas E.Valin, Zenon C.
Author(s): Spencer, Anthony M.editor
Author(s): Embry, Ashton F.editor
Author(s): Gautier, Donald L.editor
Author(s): Stoupakova, Antonina V.editor
Author(s): Sorensen, Kaieditor
Affiliation: U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Affiliation: Statoil, Norway
Pages: 17-37
Published: 2011
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
ISBN: 978-1-86239-328-8
Meeting name: 33rd international geological congress
Meeting location: Oslo, NOR, Norway
Meeting date: 20080806Aug. 6-14, 2008
References: 350
Accession Number: 2012-022080
Categories: Economic geology, geology of energy sources
Document Type: Serial Conference document Map
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Annotation: Includes appendices
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch maps
Secondary Affiliation: Geological Survey of Canada, CAN, CanadaU. S. Geological Survey, USA, United StatesMoscow State University, RUS, Russian FederationGeological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, DNK, DenmarkUniversity of Cambridge, GBR, United KingdomRussian Academy of Sciences, RUS, Russian Federation
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 201212
Program Name: USGSOPNon-USGS publications with USGS authors
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