Chris Potter (Former Employee)
Science and Products
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Structural geology of the proposed site area for a high-level radioactive waste repository, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Geologic mapping and fracture studies have documented the fundamental patterns of joints and faults in the thick sequence of rhyolite tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed site of an underground repository for high-level radioactive waste. The largest structures are north-striking, block-bounding normal faults (with a subordinate left-lateral component) that divide the mountain into numero
Authors
C. J. Potter, W. C. Day, D. S. Sweetkind, R. P. Dickerson
Association of deformation and fluid events in the central Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, Northern Alaska
Ocentral Brooks Range consists of two superposed north-directed contractional orogens, one formed between 140-120 Ma and the other at ~60-45 Ma. The older orogen was an arc-continent collisional zone characterized by far-traveled allochthons and relatively low structural relief. The younger orogen is a retroarc thrust belt with relatively low amounts of shortening and high structural relief. Foldi
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan, Kevin L. Shelton, Michael B. Underwood
Brookian structural plays in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered oil and gas
resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), two structural plays were
assessed in thrust-faulted and folded Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Brookian
megasequence. These are the Brookian Topset Structural Play and the Torok Structural
Play, located in the Brooks Range foothills and the southern part of the
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore
Structural plays in Ellesmerian sequence and correlative strata of the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Reservoirs in deformed rocks of the Ellesmerian sequence in southern NPRA are assigned to two hydrocarbon plays, the Thrust-Belt play and the Ellesmerian Structural play. The two plays differ in that the Thrust-Belt play consists of reservoirs located in allochthonous strata in the frontal part of the Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, whereas those of the Ellesmerian Structural play are located i
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Montana Thrust Belt Province, 2002
No abstract available.
Authors
Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Thaddeus S. Dyman, Christopher D. French, Mitchell E. Henry, Timothy R. Klett, William J. Perry, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Potter
Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data
Reprocessing of seismic-reflection data reveals new images of upper- to middle-crustal structures beneath the Wabash Valley seismic zone, located north of the New Madrid seismic zone within the seismically active southern Illinois basin. Four intersecting deep seismic profiles (243 km total) indicate an anomalous, 5–10-km-wide zone of dipping reflections and diffractions below the western flank of
Authors
John H. McBride, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, William J. Stephenson, Christopher J. Potter
Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska
Five structural levels underlie the Brooks Range foothills, from lowest to highest: (1) autochthon, at a depth of ~9 km; (2) Endicott Mountains allochthon (EMA), thickest under the northern Brooks Range (>15 km) and wedging out northward above the autochthon; (3) higher allochthons (HA), with a composite thickness of 1.5+ km, wedging out northward at or beyond the termination of EMA; (4) Aptian-Al
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan
Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
New interpretations of the frontal part of the Brooks Range orogen beneath the foothills and coastal plain in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) are based on reprocessed regional seismic reflection data, recent geologic field observations, and new apatite fission-track analyses. Three long north-south transects illustrate the configuration of thrust faulting above a basal detachment that
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Paul B. O'Sullivan, John J. Miller
Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska
We have digitized, modified, and analyzed seismic interpretation maps of 12 subsurface stratigraphic horizons spanning portions of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). These original maps were prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc., based on about 15,000 miles of seismic data collected from 1974 to 1981. We have also digitized interpreted faults and seismic velocities from Tetra Tech maps. The s
Authors
R. W. Saltus, Christopher S. Kulander, Christopher J. Potter
Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter
Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Potter, R. P. Dickerson, W. C. Day
Pre-construction geologic section along the Cross Drift through the potential high-level radioactive waste repository, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Warren C. Day, Carma A. San Juan, Donald S. Sweetking, Ronald M. Drake
Science and Products
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Structural geology of the proposed site area for a high-level radioactive waste repository, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Geologic mapping and fracture studies have documented the fundamental patterns of joints and faults in the thick sequence of rhyolite tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed site of an underground repository for high-level radioactive waste. The largest structures are north-striking, block-bounding normal faults (with a subordinate left-lateral component) that divide the mountain into numero
Authors
C. J. Potter, W. C. Day, D. S. Sweetkind, R. P. Dickerson
Association of deformation and fluid events in the central Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, Northern Alaska
Ocentral Brooks Range consists of two superposed north-directed contractional orogens, one formed between 140-120 Ma and the other at ~60-45 Ma. The older orogen was an arc-continent collisional zone characterized by far-traveled allochthons and relatively low structural relief. The younger orogen is a retroarc thrust belt with relatively low amounts of shortening and high structural relief. Foldi
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan, Kevin L. Shelton, Michael B. Underwood
Brookian structural plays in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered oil and gas
resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), two structural plays were
assessed in thrust-faulted and folded Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Brookian
megasequence. These are the Brookian Topset Structural Play and the Torok Structural
Play, located in the Brooks Range foothills and the southern part of the
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore
Structural plays in Ellesmerian sequence and correlative strata of the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Reservoirs in deformed rocks of the Ellesmerian sequence in southern NPRA are assigned to two hydrocarbon plays, the Thrust-Belt play and the Ellesmerian Structural play. The two plays differ in that the Thrust-Belt play consists of reservoirs located in allochthonous strata in the frontal part of the Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, whereas those of the Ellesmerian Structural play are located i
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Montana Thrust Belt Province, 2002
No abstract available.
Authors
Christopher J. Schenk, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Thaddeus S. Dyman, Christopher D. French, Mitchell E. Henry, Timothy R. Klett, William J. Perry, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Potter
Interpreting the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic-reflection, gravity, and magnetic-intensity data
Reprocessing of seismic-reflection data reveals new images of upper- to middle-crustal structures beneath the Wabash Valley seismic zone, located north of the New Madrid seismic zone within the seismically active southern Illinois basin. Four intersecting deep seismic profiles (243 km total) indicate an anomalous, 5–10-km-wide zone of dipping reflections and diffractions below the western flank of
Authors
John H. McBride, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, William J. Stephenson, Christopher J. Potter
Structural architecture of the central Brooks Range foothills, Alaska
Five structural levels underlie the Brooks Range foothills, from lowest to highest: (1) autochthon, at a depth of ~9 km; (2) Endicott Mountains allochthon (EMA), thickest under the northern Brooks Range (>15 km) and wedging out northward above the autochthon; (3) higher allochthons (HA), with a composite thickness of 1.5+ km, wedging out northward at or beyond the termination of EMA; (4) Aptian-Al
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan
Regional structural framework and petroleum assessment of the Brooks Range foothills and southern coastal plain, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
New interpretations of the frontal part of the Brooks Range orogen beneath the foothills and coastal plain in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) are based on reprocessed regional seismic reflection data, recent geologic field observations, and new apatite fission-track analyses. Three long north-south transects illustrate the configuration of thrust faulting above a basal detachment that
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Thomas E. Moore, Paul B. O'Sullivan, John J. Miller
Digital recovery, modification, and analysis of Tetra Tech seismic horizon mapping, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA), northern Alaska
We have digitized, modified, and analyzed seismic interpretation maps of 12 subsurface stratigraphic horizons spanning portions of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). These original maps were prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc., based on about 15,000 miles of seismic data collected from 1974 to 1981. We have also digitized interpreted faults and seismic velocities from Tetra Tech maps. The s
Authors
R. W. Saltus, Christopher S. Kulander, Christopher J. Potter
Apatite fission-track analysis of twelve outcrop samples from the Chandler Lake and Killik River 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central North Slope, Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas E. Moore, David W. Houseknecht, Christopher J. Potter
Nature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Potter, R. P. Dickerson, W. C. Day
Pre-construction geologic section along the Cross Drift through the potential high-level radioactive waste repository, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Christopher J. Potter, Warren C. Day, Carma A. San Juan, Donald S. Sweetking, Ronald M. Drake
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