Publication: [1721] Seismic stratigraphic analysis and tectono-depositional evolution of the unimbricated Ellesmerian Sequence (Mississippian to Lower Cretaceous), National Petroleum Reserve, North Slope, Alaska




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 70.3 -153.6 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
2 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 71 -156.1 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
3 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 70.3 -157.4 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
4 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 69.7 -159.4 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
5 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 68.6 -153.7 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
6 North American Lower Cretaceous 71 33121 70.6 -158.9 North American lacustrine crossbedding sandstone Okpikruak
7 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.7 -159.6 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
8 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.7 -157.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
9 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.2 -160.3 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
10 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 70.5 -154.6 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
11 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 70.1 -161.3 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
12 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.6 -155.6 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
13 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 70.6 -158.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
14 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.3 -158.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
15 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 70.6 -157.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
16 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 70.4 -153 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
17 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.8 -152.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
18 North American Middle Jurassic 71 32455 69.2 -152.3 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Kingax shale
19 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.6 -160 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
20 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.6 -159.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
21 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.1 -158.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
22 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 68.8 -157.4 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
23 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70 -153.3 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
24 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.8 -159.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
25 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.1 -160.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
26 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70 -152.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
27 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.1 -153.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
28 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.2 -157.3 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
29 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.4 -161.4 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
30 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.5 -160 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
31 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.6 -156.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
32 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.6 -156.7 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
33 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 71 -157 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
34 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.5 -151.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
35 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 70.2 -160.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
36 North American Upper Triassic 71 31745 69.6 -157.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Shublik
37 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.5 -151 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
38 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 68.7 -155.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
39 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70 -153.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
40 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 68.9 -152.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
41 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.6 -153.6 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
42 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 68.7 -154 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
43 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.6 -154.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
44 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 69.3 -156.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
45 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.2 -154.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
46 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 69.5 -161.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
47 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.4 -160.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
48 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 69.4 -160.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
49 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 69.1 -159.1 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
50 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.4 -159 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
51 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 68.8 -157.9 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
52 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70.2 -156.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
53 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 69.6 -151.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
54 North American Lower Permian 71 27120 70 -161 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Siksikpuk
55 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.1 -160.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
56 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.2 -156.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
57 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.4 -161 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
58 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.5 -161 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
59 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.5 -157.8 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
60 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.5 -157.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
61 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 68.5 -153 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
62 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.6 -158.8 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
63 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.6 -160.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
64 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70 -157 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
65 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 68.8 -154 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
66 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.4 -156 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
67 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.8 -154 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
68 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.3 -151.2 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
69 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.2 -151.8 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
70 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 70.3 -155.6 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka
71 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.8 -160.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Nuka
72 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 71 25040 69.2 -155 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Nuka