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Illustrated Summary of Compartments / Pressure Regimes in Selected North American Basins: Part 3—Rocky Mountains, Western Canada, and Alaska
By
David E. Powley1
Search and Discovery Article #60011 (2007)
Posted February 17, 2007
*Compiled from slides prepared by the author for his numerous presentations about the subject of compartments and pressure regimes, for which he was pioneer, advocate, and mentor.
1Deceased October 29, 2006. Consultant after retirement from Amoco Production Company.
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Location
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Figure 1. Location |
Denver Basin and Plains to the East and Northeast
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Figure 5. Structure |
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Figure 6. Pressure/depth profiles, for western flank of San Juan Basin and Defiance Platform. |
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Figure 8. Generalized cross-section of
Uinta Basin showng position of overpressures, along with index
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Southwestern and Central Wyoming
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Figure 10. Generalized cross-section, Big Piney / La Barge through Pinedale to Wind River Range. |
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Figure 12. Structure |
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Figure 16. Detail |
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Big Horn Basin and South- Central Montana
Figure 18. Pressure distribution, Tensleep Sandstone, Big Horn Basin. |
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Figure 19. Structure |
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Figure 20. Structure |
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Figure 21. Tectonic elements,
south-central Montana, as location |
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Figure 23. Pre-Devonian paleogeologic
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Figure 24. Pre-Upper Devonian
paleogeologic |
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Figure 26. Structure |
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Figure 32. Click to view in sequence maps of potentiometric surfaces (Figures 27, 28, 29, 32) |
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Figure 33. Structure |
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Figure 38. Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska, with location of cross-section in Figure 39. |
Figure 39. Generalized cross-section of Cook Inlet Basin, showing position of overpressures. |
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