Selected Bibliography of Formations
Williston Basin, North Dakota

Williston Basin

Clayton, L., Moran, S.R., and Bluemle, J.P., 1980, Explanatory text to accompany the geologic map of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No. 69, 93 p.

Folsom, C.B., Jr., and Anderson, S.B., 1955, What are prospects in Williston Basin's east side?: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.20 [reprinted from The Oil and Gas Journal, December 12, 1955].

Gerhard, L.C., Anderson, S.B., LeFever, J.A., and Carlson, C.G., 1982, Geological development, origin, and energy mineral resources of the Williston Basin, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series No.63, [reprinted from AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.8, p.989-1020].

Gerhard, L.C., and Anderson, S.B., 1988, Geology of the Williston Basin (United States portion), in Sloss, L.L., ed., Sedimentary Cover - North American Craton; U.S.: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v.D-2, p.221-241.

Gerhard, L.C., Anderson, S.B., and Fischer, D.W., 1991, Petroleum geology of the Williston Basin, in Leighton, M.W., Kolata, D.R., Oltz, D.F., and Eidel, J.J., eds., 1991, Interior cratonic basins: AAPG Memoir 51, p.507-559.

Groenewold, J.V.O., 1979, Lexicon of bedrock stratigraphic names of North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 205 p.

Johnson, K.S., and Gonzales, S., 1978, Salt deposits in the United States and regional geologic characteristics important for storage of readioactive waste: Athens, GA, Earth Resource Associates, Inc., p. 169-172.

Laird, W.M., 1964, Resume of the stratigraphy and structure of North Dakota: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.39-44.

Middleton, H.F., and Kennedy, G.O., 1956, Stratigraphy of the Nesson Anticline: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.53-60.

North Dakota Geological Society, 1954, Stratigraphy of the Williston Basin: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, 78 p.

Peterson, J.A., Kent, D.M., Anderson, S.B., Pilatzke, R.H., and Longman, M.W., eds., Williston Basin - Anatomy of a cratonic oil province: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 440 p.

Petroleum Information Corporation, 1980, The Williston Basin; 1980: Denver, CO, Petroleum Information Corporation, 305 p.

Pye, W.D., 1958, Northern Great Plains paleogeology and inter-stratigraphic relationships: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.8-16.

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1972, Geologic atlas of the Rocky Mountain region, United States of America: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 331 p. [REFERENCE G1466.C5 R6 1972, shelf 27].

Schuchert, C., 1943, Part VII. The Eastern Plains States. Chapter 27. North Dakota, in Schuchert, C., Stratigraphy of the eastern and central United States: New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p. 752-769.

Smith, M.H., 1956, Types of oil fields in Bottineau County, North Dakota: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.101-110.

CENOZOIC

Clausen, E.N., 1998, Evolution of southwest North Dakota's drainage network: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 52, p. 38.

Clausen, E.N., 1998, North Dakota and other "glacial" lakes explained as slack water features: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 52, p. 39.

Clausen, E.N., 1998, Evolution of southwest North Dakota's drainage network: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 52, p. 38.

Clausen, E.N., 1998, North Dakota and other "glacial" lakes explained as slack water features: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 52, p. 39.

Forsman, N.F., Murphy, E.C., and Hoganson, J.W., 1994, Sandstone petrography as a tool in mapping Cenozoic rock units in southwestern North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 76.

Johnson, W.D., Jr., and Kunkel, R.P., 1959, The Square Buttes coal field, Oliver and Mercer counties, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 1076, 91 p.

Moore, G.W., Melin, R.E., and Kepferle, R.C., 1955, Uranium-bearing lignite in southwestern North Dakota, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.147-166.

Quaternary

Biek, B., 1994, Geologic mapping in the Jamestown area: NDGS Newsletter, v.21, n.3, p.6-12.

Bluemle, J.P., 1991, The face of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Educational Series 21, 177 p.

Carlson, C.G., 1983, Geology of Morton County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.72, n.1, 37 p.

Clausen, E., 1986, Free-standing glacial erratics and Quaternary and Upper Tertiary sediments, undivided in southwest North Dakota, in Clausen, E., and Kihm, A., 1986 field trip; North Dakota Geological Society; Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of south-centeral and western North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.46--47.

Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1956, Uranium-bearing lignite and its relation to volcanic tuffs in eastern Montana and North and South Dakota, in Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations International Conference of Peacaeful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.

Fullerton, D.S., 1995, Quaternary geologic map of the Dakotas 4X6 Quadrangle, United States: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1420 (NL-14). [Includes excellent bibliography]

Harris, K.L., 1998, Computer-assisted lithostratigraphy, in, Patterson, C.J., and Wright, H.E., Jr., eds., Contributions to Quaternary studies in Minnesota: St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 49, p. 179-192.

Reede, R.J., 1972, Geology of southern Nelson County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 131 p.

Tertiary

Ashworth, A.C., Bentn, R.C., Biek, R.F., Murphy, E.C., Shurr, G.W., Stevens, K.K., and Terry, D.O., 1996, A field guide to Tertiary Tectonism in the Northern Great Plains; Road log, field trip 1, in Paterson and Krchner, Guidebook to the geology of the Black Hills, S.D.: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Bulletin 19, p.9-18.

Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p.

Clausen, E., and Kihm, A., 1986, 1986 field trip; North Dakota Geological Society; Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of south-centeral and western North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society.

Stone, W.J., 1973, Stratigraphy and sedimentary history of Middle Cenozoic (Oligocene and Miocene) deposits in North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 217 p.

MESOZOIC

Cretaceous

Caldwell, W.G.E., 1982, The Cretaceous system in the Williston Basin - A modern appraisal; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 295-312.

Clausen, E., and Kihm, A., 1986, 1986 field trip; North Dakota Geological Society; Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of south-centeral and western North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society.

Gries, J.P., 1954, Cretaceous rocks of Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.38, n.4, p.443-453.

Kupsch, W.O., and Caldwell, W.G.E., 1982, Some Nineteenth-Century studies of the Cretaceous system in the Williston Basin - Their contribution to modern stratigraphy; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 277-293.

Shurr, G.W., 1999, Shallow gas potentials on the eastern margin of the Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, n. 7, p. 1188.

Webb, M.W., 1998, A revised summary of Lancian (Latest Cretaceous) mammal localities with introduction to a new Lancian locality (Lance Formation) in the southwestern Bighorn Basin, in, Keefer, W.R., and Goolsby, J.E., eds., Cretaceous and lower Tertiary rocks of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming and Montana: Casper, WY, Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 49, p. 131-136.

Wulf, G.R., 1962, Lower Cretaceous Albian rocks in Northern Great Plains: AAPG Bulletin, v.46, n.8, p.1371-1415. This covers Fall River up through Mowry.