DGGS filling in the Nanushuk details

Outcrop mapping near the Haul Road and data processing should provide new insights into seismic data from the northwestern Slope

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Geologists from Alaska’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys are using some new state-of-the-art techniques to compile detailed data about the Nanushuk and Torok formations, to help oil explorers understand the significance of what they see in seismic sections. The two formations have bec....

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