Geologists offer insights into geology of Brooks Range foothills

The Alaska Department of Geological and Geophysical Surveys' NPR-A-Foothills program is making some exciting discoveries near the Haul Road

Alan Bailey

PNA Contributing Writer

A team of geologists working near the Haul Road on the north side of the Brooks Range is piecing together the detailed geology of some of the rocks that underlie much of the North Slope. The investigations are yielding new information about potential oil and gas source rocks and reservoirs. “What w....

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Mapping and stratigraphy

The Foothills belt

Oil-stained sands near the Haul Road

Oil indications east of the Haul Road