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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.

• Holocene
  • Artz, J.A., 1995, Geological contexts of the early and middle Holocene archaeological record in North Dakota and adjoining areas of the Northern Plains, in Bettis, E.A., III, ed., Archaeological geology of the Archaic period in North America: Geological Society of America Special Paper 297, p.67-86.
  • Bickley, W.B., Jr., 1970, Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of late Quaternary lacustsrine sediments (Seibold Site) in southeastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. University of North Dakota, 88 p.
  • Bluemle, J.P., 1972, Pleistocene Drainage Development in North Dakota: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.83, n.7, p.2189-2193.
  • Bluemle, J.P., 1973, Geology of Nelson and Walsh counties, North Dakota: County Ground Water Studies No.57, pt.1: Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission, 79 p.
  • Bluemle, J.P., 1975, Geology of Griggs and Steele counties: County Ground Water Studies No. 64, Pt.1: Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission, 50 p.
  • Callender, E., 1967, A preliminary report on the postglacial sedimentology of Devils Lake, North Dakota, in Glacial geology of the Missouri Coteau--Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene, Field Conf. Guidebook: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, p.137-149.
  • Carlson, C.G., 1983, Geology of Morton County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.72, n.1, 37 p.
  • Cvancara, A.M., 1971, Paleolimnology of late Quaternary deposits; seibold site, North Dakota: Science, v.171, n.3967, p.172-174.
  • Deal, D.E., and Huff, D.M., 1970, Hydrodynamic interpretations of Holocene sediments along the Turtle River, northeastern North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v.24, pt.1, p.6.
  • Fischer, D.W., 1980, Paleoenvironmental analysis of a late Holocene deposit; Stanton site, west-central North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 107 p.
  • Hamilton, T.M., 1967, Recent fluvial geology in western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 99 p.
  • Kornbrath, R.W., 1975, Late Pleistocene and Holocene geology of the Moe Site, New Town, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 42 p.
  • Malterer, T.J., Bluemle, J.P., Duxbury, A.J., Heidel, B.L., and Godfread, C., 1988, Peat initiation and accumulation during the Holocene, Denbigh Fen, McHenry County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v.42, p.30.
  • Murphy, E.C., 1996, The sodium sulfate deposits of northwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 73 p.
  • Ulmer, J.H., and Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Late Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea bluffs north and west of Riverdale, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, p.1.
  • Veseth, R., and Montagne, C., 1980, Geologic parent materials of Montana soils: Bulletin 721, Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (Bozeman), 117 p.
  • Oahe
    • Bluemle, J.P., 1984, Geology of Emmons County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.66, pt.1, 69 p.
    • Boettger, W.M., 1986, Origin and stratigraphy of Holocene sediments, Souris and Des Lacs glacial-lake spillways, north-central North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 186 p.
    • Clayton, L., Bickley, W.B., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1976, Stratigraphy, origin, and climatic implications of late Quaternary upland silt in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series No.54, 15 p.
    • Jorstad, T., East, T., Adovasio, J.M., Donahue, J., and Stuckenrath, R., 1986, Paleosols and prehistoric populations in the High Plains: Geoarchaeology, v.2, n.2, p.163-181.
    • Kornbrath, R.W., 1975, Late Pleistocene and Holocene geology of the Moe Site, New Town, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 42 p.
    • Kehew, A.E., 1983, Geology and geotechnical conditions of the Minot area, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, No.73, 35 p.
    • Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Latest Cenozoic stratigraphy of Lake Sakakawea area, Northeast Mercer County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 66 p.
    • Ulmer, J.H., 1973, Quaternary stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea area, McLean County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 57 p.
    • Ulmer, J.H., and Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Late Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea bluffs north and west of Riverdale, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, p.1.
• Pleistocene
  • Camara, M., 1977, Glacial stratigraphy of southeastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 66 p.
  • DeBoer, D.A., 1978, The Forde Esker Complex, Nelson County, North Dakota: Bachelor's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 47 p.
  • Falcone, S.K., 1983, Glacial stratigraphy of northwestern Cass County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 180 p.
  • Friestad, H.K., 1966, Description and genesis of selected glacial deposits, Walsh County, North Dakota: Bachelor's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 39 p.
  • Fulton, C., 1976, The glacial geology of McKenzie County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 94 p.
  • Nielsen, D.N., 1969, Washboard moraines in northeastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 51 p.
  • Rude, L.C., 1966, Surficial geology of northern Griggs County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 128 p.
  • Coleharbor Group
    • Anonymous, 1987, First day of field trip; Bismarck to Harvey, in Bluemle, J.P., 1987 field trip, North Dakota Geological Society; Glacial geology of central North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.5-32.
    • Bluemle, J.P., 1973, Geology of Nelson and Walsh counties, North Dakota: County Ground Water Studes No.57, pt.1, 70 p.
    • Bluemle, J.P., 1975, Geology of Griggs and Steele counties: County Ground Water Studies No. 64, Pt.1, Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission, 50 p.
    • Bluemle, J.P., 1984, Geology of Emmons County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.66, pt.1, 69 p.
    • Carlson, C.G., 1982, Geology of Grant and Sioux counties, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin No.67, pt.1, 32 p.
    • Carlson, C.G., 1983, Geology of Morton County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin No.72, n.1, 37 p.
    • Clayton, Lee, Moran, S.R., and Bluemle, J.P., 1980, Explanatory text to accompany the geologic map of the North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.69, 93 p.
    • Freers, T.F., 1973, Geology of Burke County, North Dakota: County Ground Water Studies No. 55, Pt.1, Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission, 32 p.
    • Groenewold, G.H., Hemish, L.A., Cherry, J.A., Rehm, B.W., Meyer, G.N., and Winczewski, L.M., 1979, Geology and geohydrology of the Knife River basin and adjacent areas of West-central North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.64, 402 p.
    • Kehew, A.E., 1983, Geology and geotechnical conditions of the Minot area, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, 35 p.
    • Larson, D.R., 1987, The hydrogeology of major glacial-drift aquifers in Burleigh, Emmons, and Kidder counties, North Dakota: North Dakota Ground-Water Studies, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission. Bismarck, ND, 99 p.
    • Moran, S.R., Cherry, J.A., Fritz, P., Peterson, W.M., Somerville, M.H., Stancel, S.A., and Ulmer, J.H., 1978, Geology, groundwater hydrology, and hydrogeochemistry of a proposed surface mine and lignite gasification plant site near Dunn Center, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.61, 263 p.
    • Nielsen, D.N., 1973, Quaternary geology of Sargent County, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 85 p.
    • Randich, P.G., 1979, Ground-water resources of Grant and Sioux counties, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin No. 67, pt.III, 49 p.
    • Reede, R.J., 1972, Geology of southern Nelson County, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 147 p.
    • West Central:
      • Snow School
      • Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Latest Cenozoic stratigraphy of Lake Sakakawea area, Northeast Mercer County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 66 p.
      • Ulmer, J.H., 1973, Quaternary stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea area, McLean County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 57 p.
      • Ulmer, J.H., and Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Late Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea bluffs north and west of Riverdale, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, p.1.
      • Horseshoe Valley
      • Medicine Hill
      • Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Latest Cenozoic stratigraphy of Lake Sakakawea area, Northeast Mercer County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 66 p.
      • Ulmer, J.H., 1973, Quaternary stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea area, McLean County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 57 p.
      • Ulmer, J.H., and Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Late Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea bluffs north and west of Riverdale, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, p.1.
  • Eastern:
    • Teller, J.T., and Clayton Lee, 1983, Glacial Lake Agassiz: St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Geological Association of Canada, Department of Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 451 p.
    • Oahe
    • Bluemle, J.P., 1984, Geology of Emmons County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.66, pt.1, 69 p.
    • Boettger, W.M., 1986, Origin and stratigraphy of Holocene sediments, Souris and Des Lacs glacial-lake spillways, north-central North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 186 p.
    • Clayton, L., Bickley, W.B., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1976, Stratigraphy, origin, and climatic implications of late Quaternary upland silt in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series No.54, 15 p.
    • Jorstad, T., East, T., Adovasio, J.M., Donahue, J., and Stuckenrath, R., 1986, Paleosols and prehistoric populations in the High Plains: Geoarchaeology, v.2, n.2, p.163-181.
    • Kornbrath, R.W., 1975, Late Pleistocene and Holocene geology of the Moe Site, New Town, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 42 p.
    • Kehew, A.E., 1983, Geology and geotechnical conditions of the Minot area, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, No.73, 35 p.
    • Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Latest Cenozoic stratigraphy of Lake Sakakawea area, Northeast Mercer County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 66 p.
    • Ulmer, J.H., 1973, Quaternary stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea area, McLean County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 57 p.
    • Ulmer, J.H., and Sackreiter, D.K., 1973, Late Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Lake Sakakawea bluffs north and west of Riverdale, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations No.73, p.1.
    • Sherack
    • Poplar River
    • Brenna
    • Argusville/Falconer Huot
    • Wylie
    • Upper Red Lake Falls (Pembina/Grand Forks Area)
    • Hawley (Fargo/Moorhead Area)
    • Barnesville (Fargo/Moorhead Area)
    • Dunvilla (Fargo/Moorhead Area)
    • Lower Red Lake Falls (Pembina/Grand Forks Area)
    • New York Mills (Fargo/Moorhead Area)
    • St. Hilare & Marcoux (Pembina/Grand Forks Area)
    • Sebika (Fargo/Moorhead Area)

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.

• Arikaree/"Killdeer"/Sharps Formation (Miocene)
  • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent states, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Forsman, N., 1986, Documentation and diagenesis of tuffs in the Killdeer Mountains, Dunn County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.87, 13 p.
  • Forsman, N.F., 1994, Preliminary assessment of zeolite occurrences in North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 77.
  • Hanneman, D.L., and Wideman, C.J., 2006, Calcic pedocomplexes - Regional sequence boundary indicators in Teriary deposits of the Great Plains and western United States: Geological Society of America Special Paper 416, p. 1-15.
  • Hoganson, J.W., Murphy, E.C., and Forsman, N.F., 1998, Lithostratigraphy, paleontology, and biochronology of the Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree formations in North Dakota, in, Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E., and Hunt, R.M., Jr., eds., Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree groups (late Eocene to early Miocene, North America): Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, p. 105-196.
  • 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.
  • Prothero, D.R., and Whittlesey, K.E., 1998, Magnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Orellan and Whitneyan land-mammal "ages" in the White River Group, in, Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E., and Hunt, R.M., Jr., eds., Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree groups (late Eocene to early Miocene, North America): Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, p. 39-61.
  • Stone, W.J., 1972, Middle Cenozoic stratigraphy of North Dakota, in Ting, F.T.C., ed., Depositional environments of the lignite bearing strata in western North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series No.50, p.123-132.
  • 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.
  • White River Group (Oligocene)
  • Clausen, E., 1986, Origin of quartz latite porphyry cobbles found at base of White River Group sediments 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.41-45.
  • Clausen, E., 1989, Presence of rounded boulders and large cobbles at base of White River Group (Oligocene) strata in southwest North Dakota and northwest South Dakota: Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming, v.27, n.1, p.1-6.
  • 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, p. 12.
  • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Hoganson, J.W., 1986, Oligocene stratigraphy of 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.36-40.
  • Leonard, A.G., 1922, The White River Formation in North Dakota: North Dakota Quarterly Journal, v.12, p.27-114.
  • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
  • Prothero, D.R., and Whittlesey, K.E., 1998, Magnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Orellan and Whitneyan land-mammal "ages" in the White River Group, in, Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E., and Hunt, R.M., Jr., eds., Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree groups (late Eocene to early Miocene, North America): Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, p. 39-61.
  • Quirke, T.T., 1918, The geology of the Killdeer Mountains, North Dakota: Journal of Geology, v.26, p.255-271.
  • Seeland, D., 1985, Oligocene paleogeography of the northern Great Plains and adjacent mountains, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., eds., Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Section, S.E.P.M., p.187-205
  • Skinner, M.F., 1951, The Oligocene of western North Dakota, in Bump, J.D., ed., Society Vertebrate Paleontology Guidebook, 5th Annual Conference, Western South Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series No.50, p.123-132.
  • Stone, W.J., 1973, Stratigraphy and sedimentary history of middle Cenozoic (Oligocene and Miocene) deposits in North Dakota: Dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 217 p.
  • Winchester, D.E., Hares, C.J., Lloyd, E.R., and Parks, E.M., 1916, The lignite field of northwestern South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 627, 165 p. [Note: This is related to South Dakota]
  • Brule
    • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
    • Hoganson, J.W., and Lammers, G.E., 1985, The vertebrate fauna and paleoecology of the Dickinson member, Brule Formation (Oligocene) in Stark County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v.39, p.15.
    • Hoganson, J.W., Murphy, E.C., and Forsman, N.F., 1998, Lithostratigraphy, paleontology, and biochronology of the Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree formations in North Dakota, in, Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E., and Hunt, R.M., Jr., eds., Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree groups (late Eocene to early Miocene, North America): Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, p. 105-196.
    • Lillegraven, J.A., 1970, Stratigraphy, structure, and vertebrate fossils of the Oligocene Brule Formation, Slim Buttes, Northwestern South Dakota: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.81, p.831-850. [Note: This is South Dakota]
    • 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.
    • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
    • Seeland, D., 1985, Oligocene paleogeography of the northern Great Plains and adjacent mountains, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., eds., Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Section, S.E.P.M., p.187-205
    • Chadron
    • Ashworth, A.C., 1986, The Oligocene age and fluvial origin of the Chadron Formation reaffirmed by observations in the Little Badlands, Stark, County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Acedemy of Science, v.36, p.16.
    • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
    • Hoganson, J.W., Murphy, E.C., and Forsman, N.F., 1998, Lithostratigraphy, paleontology, and biochronology of the Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree formations in North Dakota, in, Terry, D.O., LaGarry, H.E., and Hunt, R.M., Jr., eds., Depositional environments, lithostratigraphy, and biostratigraphy of the White River and Arikaree groups (late Eocene to early Miocene, North America): Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, p. 105-196.
    • 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.
    • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
    • Pearson, D.A., and Hoganson, J.W., 1995, The Medicine Pole Hills local fauna: Chadron Formation (Eocene:Chadronian), Bowman County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 65.
    • Pearson, D.A., 1998, The agamid lizard Tinosaurus from the Medicine Pole Hills locality (Eocene-Chadronian), southwestern North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 52, p. 37.
    • Seeland, D., 1985, Oligocene paleogeography of the northern Great Plains and adjacent mountains, in Flores, R.M., and Kaplan, S.S., eds., Cenozoic paleogeography of west-central United States: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Section, S.E.P.M., p.187-205
• Golden Valley (Eocene)
  • Benson, W.E., 1954, Kaolin of early Eocene age in North Dakota: Science, v.119, p.387-388.
  • Benson, W.E., and Laird, W.M., 1947, Eocene of North Dakota: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.26, p.1166-1167.
  • 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, p. 11-12.
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Forsman, N.F., 1994, Preliminary assessment of zeolite occurrences in North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 77.
  • Hickey, L.J., 1977, Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (early Tertiary) of western North Dakota: Geological Society of America Memoir 150, 183 p.
  • Jepsen, G.L., 1963, Eocene vertebrates, coprolites, and plants in the Golden Valley Formation of western North Dakota: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.74, p.673-684.
  • Kihm, A.J., 1986, The Golden Valley Formation, 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.30-31.
  • Kihm, A.J., 1986, Biochronology of the Fort Union Group and Golden Valley Formation, 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.32-35.
  • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
  • Tsuru, A., 1994, The origin of iron concretions in the Golden Valley Formation: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 111.
  • West, R.M., 1973, New records of fossil mammals from the early Eocene Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota: Journal of Mamm., v.54, n.3, p.749-750.
  • Camels Butte Member
    • Biek, R.F., 1995, An unusual example of the Taylor Bed silcrete: NDGS Newsletter, v.22, n.2, p.4-5.
    • Hickey, L.J., 1977, Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (early Tertiary) of western North Dakota: Geological Society of America Memoir 150, 181 p.
    • Kihm, A.J., 1990, The Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, in Carlson, K., ed., 1986 field trip, North Dakota Geological Society; Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of south-central and western North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.30-31.
    • Schoch, R.M., 1986, Fossil mammals from the Camels Butte Member, Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota: Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention No.4, p.A41.
    • Bear Den Member
    • Biek, R.F., 1995, An unusual example of the Taylor Bed silcrete: NDGS Newsletter, v.22, n.2, p.4-5.
    • Hickey, L.J., 1977, Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (early Tertiary) of western North Dakota: Geological Society of America Memoir 150, 181 p.
    • Karner, F.R., Bjorlie, P.F., and Christensen, O.D., 1978, Preliminary evidence of an authigenic origin of kaolinite in the Golden Valley Formation (Paleocene-Eocene), North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v.31, pt.2, p.156-159.
    • Kihm, A.J., 1990, The Golden Valley Formation, North Dakota, in Carlson, K., ed., 1986 field trip, North Dakota Geological Society; Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of south-central and western North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.30-31.
    • Prichard, G.H., 1980, Authigenic kaolinite in the Bear Den Member (Paleocene) of the Golden Valley Formation, in southwestern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 174 p.
• Fort Union Group (Paleocene)
  • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
  • Delimata, J.J., 1969, Fort Union (Paleocene) mollusks from southern Golden Valley and southeastern Billings counties, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 72 p.
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Flores, R.M., 1998, Chronostratigraphic distribution and depositional sequences of producing Paleocene Fort Union coals in the Northern Great Plains: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 7, p. 48.
  • Flores, R.M., Keighin, C.W., 1999, Fort Union Coal in the Williston Basin, North Dakota; A synthesis: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625A, p. 45.
  • Flores, R.M., Keighin, C.W., Ochs, A.M., Warwick, P.D., Bader, L.R., and Murphy, E.C., 1999, Framework geology of Fort Union Coal in the Williston Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625A, p. 70.
  • Hartman, J.H., 1997, Deposition of lignites in the Fort Union Group and related strata of the Northern Great Plains: Energy and Environmental Research Center, USA, 31 p.
  • Jacob, A.R., 1976, Geology of the upper part of the Fort Union Group (Paleocene), Williston Basin, with reference to uranium: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.58, 49 p., plates.
  • Kihm, A.J., 1986, Biochronology of the Fort Union Group and Golden Valley Formation, 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.32-35.
  • Nichols, D.J., 1998, Palynostratigraphy of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene) in the North Dakota part of the Williston Basin and its application to coal resource assessment: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 7, p. 366.
  • Warwick, P.D., Flores, R.M., Nichols, D.J., Murphy, E.C., and Obradovich, J.D., 1997, Fort Union chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences, Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. v. 29, n. 6, p. 204.
  • Warwick, P.D., Flores, R.M., Nichols, D.J., Murphy, E.C., and Ochs, A.M., 1998, Lower Fort Union chronostratigraphic depositional sequences, Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 7, p. 174.
  • Winczewski, L.M., 1982, Paleocene coal-bearing sediments of the Williston Basin, North Dakota: An interaction between fluvial systems and an intracratonic basin: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 94 p.
    • Sentinel Butte
    • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
    • 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, p. 11.
    • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
    • Forsman, N.F., 1982, A volcanic airfall marker bed in the Upper Fort Union Formation (Paleocene) of western North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 323-325.
    • Forsman, N.R., 1986, The Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene), 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.29.
    • Forsman, N.F., 1994, Preliminary assessment of zeolite occurrences in North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 77.
    • Forsman, N.F., and LeFever, R.D., 1994, Progress report: Fingerprinting and correlation of tuffs in North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 78.
    • Hill, A.F., Erickson, J.M., and Hoganson, J.W., 1996, Paleoenviro[n]ment interpretations from fossil Metasequoia? stumps in the Paleocene Sentinel Butte Formation at Ash Coulee, Billings County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 33.
    • Johnson, R.P., 1973, Depositional environments of the upper part of the Sentinel Butte Formation, southeastern Mckenzie County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 63 p.
    • Kays, G.B., Erickson, J.M., and Hoganson, J.W., 1996, Occurrence and taphonomy of the Trionychoid turtle Plastomenus from the Ash Coulee Quarry, Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene), Billings County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 32.
    • Kays, G.B., and Hoganson, J.W., 1997, Large death assemblage of plastomenid turtles in the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) of Billings County, North Dakota: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, North Central Section, v. 29, n. 4, p. 25.
    • 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.
    • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
    • Newbrey, M.G., and Bozek, M.A., 1997, A description of the fossil fish assemblage of the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Almont, North Dakota including two new species: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 51, p. 211.
    • Post, J.S., Erickson, J.M., and Hoganson, J.W., 1996, Stratigraphy of the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) at the Ash Coulee Quarry, Billings County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 31.
    • Steiner, M.A., 1978, Petrology of sandstones from the Bullion Creek and Sentinel Butte formations (Paleocene), Little Missouri Badlands, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 153 p.
    • Bullion Creek (Tongue River Member)
    • Benson, R.D., 1999, Presbyornis isoni and other late Paleocene birds from North Dakota: Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, no. 89, p. 253-259.
    • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
    • 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, p. 10-11.
    • Crawford, J.W., 1967, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Tongue River Formation (Paleocene), southeast Golden Valley County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 73 p.
    • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
    • Kihm, A.J., and Hartman, J.H., 1995, Bird tracks from the late Paleocene of North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 63.
    • LeFever, R.D., 1986, The Bullion Creek Formation (Paleocene) of 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.27-28.
    • 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.
    • Murphy, E.C., Hoganson, J.W., and Forsman, N.F., eds., 1993, The Chadron, Brule and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota; The buttes of southwestern North Dakota: Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Survey, 144 p.
    • Nichols, D.J., 1999, Biostratigraphy, Williston Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625A, p. 14.
    • Steiner, M.A., 1978, Petrology of sandstones from the Bullion Creek and Sentinel Butte formations (Paleocene), Little Missouri Badlands, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 153 p.
    • Slope
    • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
    • 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, p. 10.
    • Cannonball
    • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
    • 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, p. 10.
    • Cvancara, A.M., 1976, Geology of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) in the Willliston Basin, with reference to uranium potenitial: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.57, 22 p., plates.
    • Cvancara, A.M., 1986, The Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) of central-most North America, 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.23-24
    • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
    • Fenner, W.E., 1976, Foraminiferids of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian) in western North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, p.206.
    • Hartman, J.H., Hunter, J.P., and Krause, D.W., 1998, The last epeiric sea (Paleocene, Cannonball Formation) in North America; The age of incursions and bounding strata based on mammals, mollusks, and Foraminifera: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 7, p. 33.
    • Hartman, J.H., Collins, L.S., and Aubry, M.P., 1999, New interpretations of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene); North America's last interior sea: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, n. 7, p. 105.
    • Hoganson, J.W., Erickson, J.M., Cvancara, A.M., and Holland, F.D., Jr., 1997, Terminal Cretaceous extinction event documented by marine cartilaginous fishes from the Fox Hills (Maastrichtian) and Cannonball (Danian/ Thanetian) formations, North Dakota: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 17, n. 3, Suppl., p. 53.
    • Ludlow
    • Clayton, L., Carlson, C.G., Moore, W.L., Groenewold, G., Holland, F.D., Jr., and Moran, S.R., 1977, The Slope (Paleocene) and Bullion Creek (Paleocene) Formations of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.59, 14 p.
    • 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, p. 9-10.
    • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
    • Farris, R.A., 1984, Heavy minerals of the Cretaceous Hell Creek and Paleocene Ludlow formations of Slope and Bowman counties, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 109 p.
    • Kihm, A.J., 1986, Ludlow Formation (Paleocene) of 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.25-26.
    • Wehrfritz, B.D., 1978, The Rhame bed (Slope Formation, Paleocene), a silcrete and deep-weathering profile, in southwestern North Dakota: Masters thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota.

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.

• Hell Creek
  • Belt, E.S., Hicks, J.f., and Murphy, D.A., 1997, A pre-Lancian regional unconformity and its relationship to Hell Creek paleogeography in south-eastern Montana: Contributions to Geology, v. 31, n. 2, p. 1-26.
  • 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, p. 8-9.
  • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent States, in Uranium in coal in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1055, p.11-57. [I19.3: 1055]
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Farris, R.A., 1984, Heavy minerals of the Cretaceous Hell Creek and Paleocene Ludlow formations of Slope and Bowman counties, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 109 p.
  • Frye, C.I., 1969, Stratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 65 p.
  • Groenewold, G.H., 1971, Concretions and nodules in the Hell Creek Formation, southwestern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 84 p.
  • Hoganson, J.W., Campbell, J.M., and Murphy, E.C., 1994, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Stumpf Site, Morton County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 48, p. 95.
  • Hoganson, J.W., 1997, Paleontological fieldwork on the Little Missouri Grassland with the United States Forest Service: NDGS Newsletter, v. 24, n. 4, p. 12-13.
  • Kihm, A.J., 1986, Hell Creek Formation (Latest Cretaceous) of 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.17-18.
  • Moore, W.L., 1976, The stratigraphy and environments of deposition of the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation (reconnaissance) and the Paleocene Ludlow Formation (detailed), southwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No. 56, 40 p., plates.
  • Oakland, L., and Pearson, D.A., 1995, A Tyrannosaurus rex from the Hell Creek Formation (Cretaceous:Maastrichtian), Bowman County, North Dakota and observations on its depositional setting: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 62.
  • Pearson, D.A., 1995, Hell Creek Formation (Cretaceous:Maastrichtian) microsite faunas; their potential as paleoenvironmental change and extinction indicators: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 61.
  • Pearson, D.A., 1997, Searching for the last dinosaur...A Systematic survey in the latest Cretaceous rocks of southwestern North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 51, p. 213.
  • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
  • White, P.D., Fastovsky, D.E., and Sheehan, P.M., 1998, Taphonomy and suggested structure of the dinosaurian assemblage of the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), eastern Montana and western North Dakota: Palaios, v. 13, n. 1, p. 41-51.
  • Wroblewski, A.F.J., 1999, Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), Bowman County, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, n. 7, p. 1190.
• Montana Group
• Fox Hills
  • 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, p. 8.
  • Connett, P.W., and Erickson, J.M., 1996, Paleoenvironmental interpretations of the Bullhead lithofacies (Cretaceous:Maastrichtian) Iron Lightning Member, Fox Hills Formation based on physil mineralogy: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 36.
  • Cvancara, A.M., 1976, Geology of the Fox Hills Formation (Late Cretaceous) in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, with reference to uranium potential: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No. 55, 16 p., plates.
  • Daly, D.J., 1984, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Fox Hills Formation (Late Cretaceous) in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: Dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 195 p.
  • Daly, D.J., 1986, The stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Fox Hills Formation in the Williston Basin, 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.19-22.
  • Daly, D.J., 1991, The stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Fox Hills Formation, Bowman County, North Dakota: Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium, Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication No. 11, p. 193-205.
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Erickson, J.M., and Palmateer, B.D., 1996, Paleobiology and stratigraphy of Panopea occidentalis in life position in the Fox Hills Formation (Late Cretaceous:Maastrichtian) of North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 35.
  • Felmann, R.M., 1972 Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the Fox Hills Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin 61, 65 p.
  • Hoganson, J.W., Erickson, J.M., Cvancara, A.M., and Holland, F.D., Jr., 1997, Terminal Cretaceous extinction event documented by marine cartilaginous fishes from the Fox Hills (Maastrichtian) and Cannonball (Danian/ Thanetian) formations, North Dakota: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 17, n. 3, Suppl., p. 53.
  • Jones, M.A., and Erickson, J.M., 1997, Naticid gastropods (mollusca) as prey - An example from the Fox Hills Formation (Cretaceous:Maastrichtian) of North and South Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 51, p. 203.
  • Klett, M.C., and Erickson, J.M., 1976, Type and reference sections for a new member of the Fox Hills Formation, Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) in the Missouri Valley region, North and South Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v.28, pt. II, p.3-24.
  • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
  • Waage, K.M., 1968, The type Fox Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maestrichtian), South Dakota, Part 1. Stratigraphy and paleonvironments: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) Bulletin 27, 175 p.
  • Pierre
  • 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, p. 8.
  • 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 Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.413-418.
  • Denson, N.M., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Uranium-bearing lignite and carbonaceous shale in the southwestern part of the Williston Basin - A regional Study: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 463, 75 p., plates.
  • Hoganson, J.W., Hanson,M., Halvorson, D.L., and Halvorson, V., 1996, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Pierre Shale (Campanian), Cooperstown Site, Griggs County, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 50, p. 34.
  • Kihm, A.J., 1986, The Pierre Shale in southwestern 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.16.
  • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
  • Schaefer, N.O., Schaefer, T., Bell, G.L., and Schumacher, B.A., 1995, A specimen of Plioplatecarpus from the upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, Cedar Creek Anticline, southwestern North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 59.
  • Odanah
    • Cobban, W.A., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain areas, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 392A, p.A1-A20.
    • Degrey
    • Biek, B., 1994, Geologic mapping in the Jamestown area: NDGS Newsletter, v.21, n.3, p.6-12.
    • Cobban, W.A., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain areas, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 392, p.A1-A20.
    • Hoganson, J.W., Hanson, M., Havorson, D.L., and Halvorson, V., 1996, Mosasaurs, sharks, and other marine creatures from the Cooperstown Pierre Shale site: NDGS Newsletter, v.23. n.2-3, p.20-26.
    • Gregory
    • Cobban, W.A., and Gill, J.R., 1965, Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain areas, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 392, p.A1-A20.
    • Hoganson, J.W., Hanson, M., Havorson, D.L., and Halvorson, V., 1996, Mosasaurs, sharks, and other marine creatures from the Cooperstown Pierre Shale site: NDGS Newsletter, v.23. n.2-3, p.20-26.
    • Pembina
    • Biek, B., 1994, Geologic mapping in the Jamestown area: NDGS Newsletter, v.21, n.3, p.6-12.
    • Gammon-Ferruginous
    • Shurr, G.W., 1984, Geometry of shelf-sandstone bodies in the Shannon Sandstone of southeastern Montana, in Siemers, C.T., ed., Siliciclastic shelf sediments: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 34, p.63-83.
    • Subsurface:
    • Judith River
    • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1980, Shallow, low-permeability reservoirs of northern Great Plains; Assessment of their natural gas resources: AAPG Bulletin, v.64, n.7, p.969-987.
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1980, Major gas resources in shallow, tight pays seen for northern Great Plains: Oil and Gas Journal, v.78, n.19, p.178-194.
    • Shurr, G.W., 1997, Evidence for fractured reservoirs in shallow gas fields near Cedar Creek Anticline in the Northern Great Plains: AAPG Bulletin, v.81, n .7, p.1233.
    • Eagle
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1980, Shallow, low-permeability reservoirs of northern Great Plains; Assessment of their natural gas resources: AAPG Bulletin, v.64, n.7, p.969-987.
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1983, Patterns of sedimentation and paleogeography across the Western Interior Seaway during time of deposition of Upper Cretaceous Eagle Sandstone and equivalent rocks, Northern Great Plains, in Reynolds, M.W., and Dolly, E.D., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the West-Central United States: Rockyk Mountain Paleogeography Symposium No. 2, p.337-358.
    • Shurr, G.W., 1996, Overview of shallow gas production from Eagle-equivalent rocks south and east of Cedar Creek Anticline: AAPG Bulletin, v.80, n.6, p.981.
• Colorado Group
  • Niobrara
    • Anderson, S.B., 1990, Cretaceous strata in North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1314.
    • Baird, J.K., and Dyman, T.S., 1993, Subsurface stratigraphic analysis of Upper Cretaceous rocks, southeastern flank of the Williston Basin, North and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-335, 20 p.
    • Caldwell, W.G.E., 1982, The Cretaceous System in the Williston Basin; A modern appraisal, in Chistopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorseon, J.A., eds., Fourth international Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.295-312.
    • 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, p.7. [Carlile and Niobrara]
    • Dyman, T.S., Anderson, S.B., Campen E.B., Cobban, W.A., Fox, J.E., Hammond, R.H., Porter, K.W., Rice, D.D., Setterholm, D.R., and Shurr, G.W., 1991, West-east stratigraphic transect of Cretaceous rocks; Southwestern Montana to western Minnesota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.3, p.567.
    • Dyman, T.S., Anderson, S.B., Campen E.B., Cobban, W.A., Fox, J.E., Hammond, R.H., Porter, K.W., Rice, D.D., Setterholm, D.R., and Shurr, G.W., 1991, West-east stratigraphic transect of Cretaceous rocks; Southwestern Montana to western Minnesota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.6, p.1125.
    • Hobbs, H.C., and Bluemle, J.P., 1987, Geology of Ramsey County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, v.71, n.1, 69 p.
    • Longman, M.W., Luneau, B.A., and Landon, S.M., 1998, Nature and distribution of Niobrara lithologies in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of the Rocky Mountain region: The Mountain Geologist, v.35, n.4, p.137-170.
    • Reisking, J., 1982, Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous), eastern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.622.
    • Reiskind, J., 1983, Stratigraphy of the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous), eastern North Dakota: Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, v.60, n.4, p.111-120.
    • Reiskind, J., 1986, Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of eastern North Dakota with emphasis on the calcareous nannoplankton: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 477 p.
    • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
    • Shurr, G.W., and Reiskind, J., 1984, Stratigraphic framework of the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in North and South Dakota, in Stott, D.F., and Glass, D.J., eds., The Mesozoic of middle North America: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 9, p.205-219.
    • Shurr, G.W., 1984, Geometry of shelf-sandstone bodies in the Shannon Sandstone of southeastern Montana, in Tillman, R.W., and Siemers, C.T., ed., Siliciclastic shelf sediments: SEPM Special Publication 34, p.63-83.
    • Shurr, G.W., and Rice, D.D., 1987, Geologic setting and potential for natural gas in the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of the Williston Basin, in Peterson, J.A., Kent, D.M., and Anderson, S.B., 1987, Williston Basin; Anatomy of a cratonic oil province: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.245-258.
    • Carlile
    • Anderson, S.B., 1990, Cretaceous strata in North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1314.
    • Baird, J.K., and Dyman, T.S., 1993, Subsurface stratigraphic analysis of Upper Cretaceous rocks, southeastern flank of the Williston Basin, North and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-335, 20 p.
    • Biek, R.F., 1995, North Dakota's rocks and minerals: NDGS Newsletter, v.22, n.2, p.6-12.
    • 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, p.7. [Carlile and Niobrara]
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1978, Natural gas resources of shallow, low-permeability (tight) reservoirs of the northern Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survery Professional Paper 1100, p.19-20.
    • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
    • Wosick, F.D., 1977, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the upper Cretaceous Morden Member (Vermillion River Formation) in the outcrop area, northeastern North Dakota, 152 p.
    • Greenhorn
    • Baird, J.K., and Dyman, T.S., 1993, Subsurface stratigraphic analysis of Upper Cretaceous rocks, southeastern flank of the Williston Basin, North and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-335, 20 p.
    • Cobban, W.A., and Merewether, E.A., 1983, Lower Upper Cretaceous strata in Minnesota and adjacent areas; Time-stratigraphic correlations and structural attitudes, in Cobban, W.A., and Merewether, E.A., Stratigraphy and paleontology of Mid-Cretaceous rocks in Minnesota and contiguous areas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1253, p.26-52.
    • Hansen, D.E., 1955, Subsurface correlations of the Cretaceous Greenhorn-Lakota interval in North Dakota: Bulletin of the North Dakota Geological Survey, p.46.
    • Hansen, D.E., 1955, Subsurface correlations of the Cretaceous Greenhorn-Lakota interval in North Dakota; A study in facies: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 86 p.
    • Martens, R.W., 1979, The story behind Boxcar Butte Field in McKenzie County, North Dakota: Oil and Gas Journal, v.77, n.23, p.180, 182, 187, 189, 190, 192.
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1978, Natural gas resources of shallow, low-permeability (tight) reservoirs of the northern Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, p.19-20.
    • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
    • Belle Fourche
    • Anderson, S.B., 1990, Cretaceous strata in North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1314.
    • Merewether, E.A., 1983, Lower Upper Cretaceous strata in Minnesota and adjacent areas; Time-stratigraphic correlations and structural attitudes, in Cobban, W.A., and Merewether, E.A., Stratigraphy and paleontology of Mid-Cretaceous rocks in Minnesota and contiguous areas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1253, p.26-52.
    • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1980, Shallow, low-permeability reservoirs of northern Great Plains; Assessment of their natural gas resources: AAPG Bulletin, v.64, v.7, p.969-987.
    • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
    • Dakota Group
    • Laird, W.M., 1952, Geology of the Willston Basin in North Dakota: World Petroleum, p.42-44. [Structure map on Dakota, p.44]
      • Mowry
      • Burtner, R.L, and Warner, M.A., 1983, Illite/ smectite diagenesis and hydrocarbon generation in Cretaceous Mowry and Skull Creek shales of northern Rocky Mountains-Great Plains region: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.3, p.434-435.
      • Burtner, R.L., Warner, M.A., 1984, Hydrocarbon generation in Lower Cretaceous Mowry and Skull Creek shales of the northern Rocky Mountain area, in Woodward, J., Meissner, F.F., and Clayton, J.L., eds., Hydrocarbon source rocks of the Greater Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.449-467.
      • McCloskey, G.G., 1995, Depositional history, environments of deposition, and hydrocarbon potential of the Newcastle Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 127 p.
      • Nixon, R.P., 1973, Oil Source Beds in Cretaceous Mowry Shale of Northwestern Interior United States: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.57, n.1, p.136-157.
      • Reishus, M., 1968, The Newcastle Formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 26 p.
      • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1978, Natural gas resources of shallow, low-permeability (tight) reservoirs of the northern Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, p.19-20.
      • Rice, D.D., and Shurr, G.W., 1980, Shallow, low-permeability reservoirs of northern Great Plains; assessment of their natural gas resources: AAPG Bulletin, v.64, n.7, p.969-987.
      • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
      • Vuke, S., 1981, Depositional environments of the Early Cretaceous seaway, northwestern United States: Northwest Geology (University of Montanta, Missoula), v.10, p.1-12.
      • Wulf, G.R., 1962, Lower Cretaceous Albian rocks in northern Great Plains: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.46, n.8, p.371-1415.
      • Newcastle
      • Anderson, S.B., 1969, The Newcastle Formation in North Dakota: Eastern Montana symposium -- Montana Geol. Soc., 20th Ann. Conf. 1969, p.77-83.
      • Hansen, D.E., 1959, The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.47-54.
      • Lefever, R.D., and McCloskey, J.G., 1996, The Newcastle Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in the U. S. Williston Basin (abstract): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.28, n.4, p.14-15.
      • McCloskey, G.G., 1995, Depositional history, environments of deposition, and hydrocarbon potential of the Newcastle Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 127 p.
      • Reishus, M., 1967, The Newcastle Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 139 p.
      • Reishus, M., 1968, The Newcastle Formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 26 p.
      • Simpson, F., 1980, Low permeability gas reservoirs in marine Cretaceous sandstones of Saskatchewan; Viking-Newcastle (middle to upper Albian) correlations in southeastern Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, northwestern Montana and North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., and Macdonald, R., eds., Summary of investigations 1980-4, Saskatchewan Geological Survey: Regina, SK, Canada, p.133-138.
      • Wulf, G.R., 1962, Lower Cretaceous Albian rocks in northern Great Plains: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.46, n.8, p.371-415(?).
      • Skull Creek
      • Burtner, R.L. and Warner, M.A., 1983, Illite/ smectite diagenesis and hydrocarbon generation in Cretaceous Mowry and Skull Creek shales of northern Rocky Mountains-Great Plains region: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.3, p.434-435.
      • Burtner, R.L., and Warner, M.A., 1984, Hydrocarbon generation in Lower Cretaceous Mowry and Skull Creek shales of the northern Rocky Mountain area, in Woodward, J., Meissner, F.F., and Clayton, J.L., eds., Hydrocarbon source rocks of the Greater Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.449-467.
      • Burtner, R.L., and Warner, M.A., 1986, Relationship between illite/ smectite diagenesis and hydrocarbon generation in Lower Cretaceous Mowry and Skull Creek Shales of the Northern Rocky Mountain area: Clays and Clay Minerals, v.34, n.4, p.390-402.
      • Hansen, D.E., 1959, The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.47-54.
      • McCloskey, G.G., 1995, Depositional history, environments of deposition, and hydrocarbon potential of the Newcastle Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 127 p.
      • Reishus, M., 1968, The Newcastle Formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: North Dakota State University Report of Investigations, 26 p.
      • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
      • Wulf, G.R., 1962, Lower Cretaceous Albian rocks in northern Great Plains: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.46, n.8, p.1371-1415.
      • Fall River & Lakota (Inyan Kara)
      • Anderson, S.B., 1990, Cretaceous strata in North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1314.
      • Dyman, T.S., Anderson, S.B., Campen, E.B., Cobban, W.A., Fox, J.E., Hammond, R.H., Porter, K.W., Rice, D.D., Setterholm, D.R., and Shurr, G.W., 1991, West-east stratigraphic transect of Cretaceous rocks; southwestern Montana to western Minnesota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75., n.3, p.567.
      • Dyman, T.S., Anderson, S.B., Campen, E.B., Cobban, W.A., Fox, J.E., Hammond, R.H., Porter, K.W., Rice, D.D., Setterholm, D.R., and Shurr, G.W., 1991, West-east stratigraphic transect of Cretaceous rocks; southwestern Montana to western Minnesota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.6, p.1125.
      • Hansen, D.E., 1955, Subsurface correlations of the Cretaceous Greenhorn-Lakota interval in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, p.46.
      • Hansen, D.E., 1955, Subsurface correlations of the Cretaceous Greenhorn-Lakota interval in North Dakota; A study in facies: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 86 p.
      • Hansen, D.E., 1959, The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.47-54.
      • Moore, W.L., Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1987, Isopach; Inyan Kara Formation: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map 27, 1 sheet.
      • Rice, D.D., Cobban, W.A., and Shurr, G.W., 1990, Cretaceous rocks of Cedar Creek Anticline area, eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1342-1343.
      • Wartman, B.L., 1983, Stratigraphy of the Inyan Kara Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in the vicinity of the Nesson Anticline, northwestern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 126 p.
      • Wartman, B.L., 1984, Geology and hydrology of the Inyan Kara Formation (Lower Cretaceous), North Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota Aquifer: Worthington, OH, National Water Well Association, p.22-26.
      • Wulf, G.R., 1962, Lower Cretaceous Albian rocks in northern Great Plains: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.46, n.8, p.1371-1415.
• Jurassic
  • Francis, D.R., 1956, Some aspects of Jurassic stratigraphy in the Williston Basin area: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.179-185.
  • Towse, D., 1954, Jurassic system in Williston Basin: AAPG, v.38, n.4, p.454-462.
    • Swift
      • Hansen, D.E., 1959, The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.47-54.
      • Langtry, T.M., 1983, Carbonate bodies within the Basal Swift Formation [Jurassic] of northwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 81, 67 p.
      • Schmoker, J.W., and Hester, T.C., 1983, Porosity and thermal maturity of limestone bodies in Jurassic Swift Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-723, 14 p.
      • Langtry, T.M., 1982, Carbonate sand bodies within the basal Swift Formation (Upper Jurassic) of northwestern North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.263-275.
      • Langtry, T.M., 1982, Carbonate bodies within the basal Swift Formation (Jurassic) of northwestern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, University of North Dakota, 267 p.
      • Rierdon
      • Hansen, D.E., 1959, The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.47-54.
      • Langtry, T.M., 1983, Carbonate bodies within the Basal Swift Formation [Jurassic] of northwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 81, 67 p.
      • Piper
      • Bridges, L.W.D., 1985, Red Wing Creek Field, North Dakota; growth-faulted or meteoritic-impact structure?: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.5, p.843-844.
      • Bridges, L.W.D., 1987, Red Wing Creek Field, North Dakota; A growth faulted or meteoritic impact structure, in Peterson, J.A., Kent, D.M., Anderson, S.B., Pilatzke, R.H., and Longman, M.W., eds., 1987, Williston Basin; Anatomy of a cratonic oil province: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.433-440.
      • Carlson, C.G., 1992, Permian to Jurassic red beds of the Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.76, n.8, p.1256-1257.
      • Christopher, J.E., 1987, Depositional patterns and oil field trends in the lower Mesozoic of the northern Williston Basin, Canada, in Peterson, J.A., Kent, D.M., Anderson, S.B., Pilatzke, R.H., and Longman, M.W., eds., 1987, Williston Basin; Anatomy of a cratonic oil province: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.223-244.
      • Leefe, J.G., Permian to Jurassic redbeds of the Williston Basin: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, 21 p.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Sandberg, D.T., 1959, Structure contour map on top of the middle member of the Piper Formation of Middle Jurassic age in the Williston Basin and adjacent areas in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map 179.
• Triassic
  • Spearfish
    • Bridges, L.W.D., 1987, Red Wing Creek Field, North Dakota; a growth faulted or meteoritic impact structure, in 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, p.433-440.
    • Carlson, C.G., 1991, Permian to Jurassic redbeds of the Williston Basin, in Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.150.
    • Carlson, C.G., 1992, Permian to Jurassic red beds of the Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.76, n.8, p.1256-1257.
    • Carlson, C.G., 1993, Permian to Jurassic redbeds of the Williston Basin: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, 21 p.
    • Dodge, C.J.N., and Reid, F.S., 1986, Hydrocarbon potential of Spearfish Formation in eastern Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.70, n.8, p.1037.
    • Dow, W.G., 1964, The Spearfish Formation in western North Dakota, in Third International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.127-131.
    • Dow, W.G., 1964, The Spearfish Formation (Permian and Triassic) in Williston Basin of western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 127 p.
    • Dow, W.G., 1967, The Spearfish Formation in the Williston Basin of western North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, p.28.
    • Harrison, R, and Larson, T.C., 1958, Oil production from the "Spearfish" and Charles in the Newburg Field Bottineau County, North Dakota: Carlson, C.G., 1958, The stratigraphy of the Deadwood-Winnipeg interval in North Dakota and Northwestern South Dakota: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.27-32.
    • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
    • Laird, W.M., 1964, Resume of the stratigraphy and structure of North Dakota: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.39-44.
    • Lefever, J.A., Anderson, S.B., and Lefever, R.D., 1983, "Spearfish water sand"; An overlooked play?: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1347.
    • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
    • Marafi, H., 1972, Newburg-South Westhope Oil Fields, North Dakota, in Stratigraphic oil and gas fields; Classification, Exploration Methods, and Case Histories: AAPG Memoir 16 (?), p.633-640.
    • Oglesby, C.A., and Fischer, D.W., 1991, Sedimentology and petroleum geology of a Triassic Spearfish Sandstone reservoir, South Starbuck Field, Bottineau County, North Dakota, in Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.161-164.
    • Wilgus, C.K., and Holser, W.T., 1984, Marine and nonmarine salts of Western Interior, United States: AAPG Bulletin, v.68, n.6, p.765-767.
    • Zieglar, D.L., 1956, Pre-Piper post-Minnekahta red beds in the Williton Basin: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.170-178.
  • PALEOZOIC
  • Peterson, J.A., 1999, Carboniferous-Permian (late Paleozoic) hydrocarbon system, Rocky Mountains-Great Basin U. S. region: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, n. 7, p. 1186.
  • MaCauley, G., 1964, Regional framework of Paleozoic sedimentation in western Canada and northwestern United States: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.7-36.
  • Permian
  • Benison, K.C., 1997, Acid water deposition and diagenesis in Permian red bed-hosted evaporites, Midcontinent, U.S.A.: Doctoral dissertation. Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas, 420 p.
  • McCauley, V.T., 1956, Pennsylvanian and lower Permian of the Williston Basin: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.150-164.
    • Minnekahta
      • Leefe, J.G., 1993, Permian to Jurassic redbeds of the Williston Basin: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, 21 p.
      • Opeche
      • Benson, K.C., Goldstein, R.H., Wopenka, B., Burruss, R.C., and Pasteris, J.D., 1998, Extremely acid Permian lakes and ground water in North America: Nature, v. 392, n. 6679, p. 911-914.
      • Benison, K.C., Goldstein, R.H., Wopenka, B., and Pasteris, J.D., 1998, Anatomy of an ancient, extremely acid saline lake system; The Mid Permian Opeche Shale of North Dakota: AAPG 1998 Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p.?.
      • Benison, K.C., and Phillips, T., 1999, Possible acidophilic bacteria trapped in Permian halite: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Expanded Abstracts, p. A11-A12.
      • Leefe, J.G., 1993, Permian to Jurassic redbeds of the Williston Basin: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, 21 p.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Wilgus, C.K., Holser, W.T., 1984, Marine and nonmarine salts of Western Interior, United States: AAPG Bulletin, v.68, n.6, p.765-767.
      • Broom Creek (Part of Minnelusa Group)
      • Rygh, M.E., 1990, The Broom Creek Formation (Permian), in southwestern North Dakota; Depositional environments and nitrogen occurrence: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 189 p.
• Pennsylvanian
  • McCauley, V.T., 1956, Pennsylvanian and lower Permian of the Williston Basin: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.150-164.
  • Minnelusa Group
    • Head, W.J., and Merkel, R.H., 1977, Hydrologic characteristics of the Madison Limestone, the Minnelusa Formation, and equivalent rocks as determined by well-logging formation evaluation, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Journal of Research of the U. S. Geological Survey, v.5, n.4, p.473-485.
    • Hoda, B., 1977, Feasibility of subsurface waste disposal in the Newcastle Formation, lower Dakota Group (Cretaceous) and Minnelusa Formation (Penn.), western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Detroit, MI, Wayne State Universtiy, ? p.
    • Ziebarth, H.C., 1971, Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of Minnelusa group, western North Dakota: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin: v.55, n.3, p.544-545.
    • Ziebarth, H.C., 1972, The stratigraphy and economic potential of Permo-Pennsylvanian strata (Minnelusa Group) in southwestern North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 631 p.
    • Amsden
      • Gorman, D.R., 1962, A study of the Amsden Formation: Doctoral dissertation. Urbana, IL, University of Illlinois, 181 p.
      • Harris, S.H., 1958, Rocky Ridge pool, Billings County, North Dakota, in Second International Wlliston Basin Symposium: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geologicl society, p.40-46.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Mundt, P.A., 1956, A regional study of the Amsden Formation: Doctoral dissertation. Stanford, CA, Stanford University, 374 p.
      • Willis, R.P., 1959, Upper Mississippian-Lower Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of central Montana and Williston Basin [North Dakota: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.43, n.8, p.1940-1966.
      • Tyler
      • Barwis, J.H., 1990, Exploring for transgressive barrier strat traps in the Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.5, p.606.
      • Barwis, J.H., 1990, Flood-tidal delta reservoirs, Medora-Dickinson Trend, North Dakota, in Barwis, J.H., McPherson, J.G., and Studlick, J.R.J., eds., Sandstone petroleum reservoirs: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, p.389-412.
      • Dolson, J., 1990, Unconformity related traps and production, Lower Cretaceous through Mississippian strata, Central and Northern Rocky Mountains: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.5, p.643-644.
      • Hastings, J.O., Jr., 1990, Coarse-grained meander-belt reservoirs, Rocky Ridge Field, North Dakota, in Barwis, J.H., McPherson, J.G., and Studlick, J.R.J., eds., Sandstone petroleum reservoirs: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, p.57-84.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Quandt, L.R., 1990, Depositional environments and sandstone diagenesis in the Tyler Formation (Pennsylvanian), western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 278 p.
      • Quandt, L.R., 1997, Depositional environments and sandstone diagenesis in the Tyler Formation (Pennsylvanian), western North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.81, n.7, p.1231-1232.
      • Sturm, S.D., 1982, Depositional environments and sandstone diagenesis in the Pennsylvanian Tyler Formation of southwestern North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.251-262.
      • Sturm, S.D., and Peterson, J.C., 1994, Tectonic influence on facies architecture and permeability variations; Pennsylvanian Tyler Formation, Fryburg Field, North Dakota: AAPG and SEPM Annual Meeting Abstracts, p.266.
      • Ziebarth, H.C., 1964, The Tyler Formation of southwestern North Dakota: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.119-126.
• Mississippian
  • Burke, R.B., 1999, Mississippian Sherwood lagoonal reservoir, Lucky Mound Field, McLean Co., North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, n. 7, p. 1180.
  • Harrison, R.L., 1955, Mississippian correlations in the International boundary areas: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.36-51.
  • Lineback, J.A., and Davidson, M.L., 1982, The Williston Basin - Sediment-starved during the Early Mississippian; Altschuld, N., nad Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1982, Mission Canyon and Duperow reservoirs of the Billings Nose, Billings County, North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 125-130.
  • Big Snowy Group
    • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Mississippian Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.39, n.11, p.2170-2210.
    • Carlson, C.G., and Lefever, J.A., 1987, The Madison, a nomenclatural review with a look to the future, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.77-82.
    • Easton, W.H, and Eaton, W.H., 1962, Carboniferous formations and faunas of central Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 348, 126 p.
    • Gardner, L.S., 1959, Revision of Big Snowy group in central Montana: AAPG Bulletin, v.43, n.2, p.329-349.
    • Magee, J.J., 1949, Big Snowy Group of the northern Great Plains, an isopach-lithofacies study: Master's thesis. Boulder, CO, University of Colorado, 54 p.
    • Perry, E.S., and Sloss, L.L., 1943, Big Snowy group, lithology and correlation in the northern Great Plains: AAPG Bulletin, v.27, n.10, p.1287-1304.
    • Peterson, J.A., and MacCary, L.M., 1987, Regional stratigraphy and general petroleum geology, Williston Basin, United States and adjacent area, in 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, p.9-44.
    • Sloss, L.L., and Perry, E.S., 1942, The Big Snowy group; subsurface extent and character in the northwest Great Plains: AAPG Bulletin, v.26, n.5, p.910-911.
    • Sturm, S.D., 1987, Depositional history and cyclicity in the Tyler Formation (Pennsylvanian), southwestern North Dakota, in 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, p.209-222.
    • Otter
      • Harris, S.H., 1958, Rocky Ridge pool, Billings County, North Dakota, in Second International Williston Basin Symposium, p.40-46.
      • Mapel, W.J., 1956, Uraniferous black shales in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions, in United Nations, Geology of uranium and thorium: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300, p.469-476.
      • Terry, O.L., 1953, The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Otter Formation, Montana. Master's thesis. Pullman, WA, Washington State University, 98 p.
      • Kibby
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Willliston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
  • Madison Group
    • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Mississippian Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.39, n.11, p.2170-2210.
    • Carlson, C.G., and Lefever, J.A., 1987, The Madison, a nomenclatural review with a look to the future, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium, Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.77-82.
    • Catt, D.M., 1982, Depositional environments of Ratcliffe Interval, Mississippian Madison Group, Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.557-558.
    • Fish, A.R., and Kinard, J.C., 1959, Madison group stratigraphy and nomenclature in the northern Williston Basin, in American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mtn. Sec., Geological record, Feb. 1959, p.117-129.
    • Head, W.J., and Merkel. R.H., 1977, Hydrologic characteristics of the Madison Limestone, the Minnelusa Formation, and equivalent rocks as determined by well-logging formation evaluation, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Journal of Research of the U. S. Geological Survey, v.5, n.4, p.473-485.
    • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
    • Johnson, K.A., 1971, The petroleum geology of the Midale subinterval in north central North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 204 p.
    • Lindsay, R.F., 1985, Madison Group (Mississippian) reservoir facies of Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.2, p.279-280.
    • Obelenus, T.J., 1982, Depositional environments and diagenesis of Frobisher-Alida Interval, Madison Group (Mississippian, North Dakota Williston Basin): AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.614.
    • Peterson, J.A., 1987, Subsurface stratigraphy and depositional history of the Madison Group (Mississippian), U.S. portion of Williston Basin, and adjacent area, in 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, p.171-192.
    • Petty, D. M., 2003, Sequence stratigraphy of the Pahasapa Formation (Madison Group) in the northeastern Black Hills: Insights from regional correlations: The Mountain Geologist, v. 40, n. 2, p. 19-34.
    • Stocker, G.R., 1954, Correlations in Madison Formation by insoluble residues (Montana-North Dakota): Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.38, n.6, p.1309-1310.
    • Charles
      • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Mississippian Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.39, n.11, p.2170-2210.
      • Bigelow, E.L., 1991, Geological log analysis of a carbonate reservoir: The Log Analyst, v.32, n.5, p.626-627.
      • Carlson, C.G., and Lefever, J.A., 1987, The Madison, a nomenclatural review with a look to the future, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.77-82.
      • Catt, D.M., 1982, Depositional environments of Ratcliffe Interval, Mississippian Madison Group, Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.557-558.
      • Christensen, R.J., Hendricks, M.L., Eisel, J.D., 1994, Mississippian buried hills reservoirs along the northeastern flank of the Williston Basin, Canada and United States, in Dolson, J.C., Hendricks, M.L., and Wescott, W.A., eds., Unconformity-related hydrocarbons in sedimentary sequences; Guidebook for petroleum exploration and exploitation in clastic and carbonate sediments: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.245-258.
      • Durall, R.L., 1987, Diagenesis and porosity development of the Mission Canyon and Charles formations (Mississippian), Treetop and Whiskey Joe fields, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 208 p.
      • Eisel, J.D., and Hendricks, M.C., 1986, South Coteau Field: AAPG Bulletin, v.70, n.8, p.1038
      • Halbertsma, H.L., 1976, Stratigraphy of Mississippian Charles Formation, Williston Basin, North-central North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.60, n.8, p.1398.
      • Hansen, A.R., 1966, Reef trends of Mississippian Ratcliffe zone, northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.50, n.10, p.2260-2268.
      • Harrison, R, and Larson, T.C., 1958, Oil production from the "Spearfish" and Charles in the Newburg Field Bottineau County, North Dakota: Carlson, C.G., 1958, The stratigraphy of the Deadwood-Winnipeg interval in North Dakota and Northwestern South Dakota: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.27-32.
      • Hendricks, M.L., 1987, The Lower Ratcliffe interval (Mississippian) in Williams and McKenzie Counties, North Dakota: : Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium Core Workshop Volume; North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 69, p. 33-58.
      • Hendricks, M.L., 1988, Shallowing-upward cyclic carbonate reservoirs in the lower Ratcliffe Interval (Mississippian), Williams and McKenzie counties, North Dakota, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.371-380.
      • Hoff, J.L., 1987, Cyclicity in the Mission Canyon and lower Charles formations of the central Williston Basin, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.117-122.
      • Hoff, J.L., 1989, Sedimentary depositional cyclicity, Mission Canyon and Charles formations (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 421 p.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1988, Overview; Williston Basin carbonate reservoirs, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.251-274.
      • Kupecz, J.A., 1984, Depositional environments, diagenetic history, and petroleum entrapment in the Mississippian Frobisher-Alida interval, Billings Anticline, North Dakota: Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, v.79, n.3, p.53.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Willliston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Lindsay, R.R., 1985, Madison Group (Mississippian) reservoir facies of Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.2, p.279-280.
      • Lindsay, R.F., 1985, Rival, North and South Black Slough, Foothills and Lignite oil fields; their depositional facies, diagenesis and reservoir character, Burke County, North Dakota, in Longman, M.W., Shanley, K.W., Lindsay, R.F., and Eby, D.E., eds., Rocky Mountain carbonate reservoirs; A core workshop: SEPM Core Workship, v.7, p.217-263.
      • Mitchell, P.H., and Petter, C.K., Jr., 1958, The Lignite field, Burke County, North Dakota, In Second International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.64-69.
      • Obelenus, T.J., 1985, Depositional environments and diagenesis of carbonates and associated evaporites, Frobisher-Alida Interval, Madison Group (Mississippian), Williston Basin, northwestern North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 313 p.
      • Sando, W.J., 1977, Coral zones and problems of Mississippian stratigraphy in the Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota, in Sohl, N.F., and Wright, W.B., Changes in stratigraphic nomenclature by the U. S. Geological Survey, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1457A, p.110.
      • Sando, W.J., 1995, Geologic history of salt beds and related strata in the upper part of the Madison Group (Mississippian), Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2112, 51 p.
      • Stephens, R.A., 1986, Depositional history and diagenesis of the upper Mission Canyon and lower Charles formations (Mississippian), Billings County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 236 p.
      • Voldseth, N.E., 1986, Flaxton Field, Burke County, North Dakota, in Noll, J.H., and Doyle, K.M., eds., Rocky Mountain oil and gas fields: Casper, WY, Wyoming Geological Association, p.21-43.
      • Waters, D.L., 1984, Depositional cycles and coral distribution, Mission Canyon and Charles formations, Madison Group (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota: 173 p.
      • Waters, D.L., and Sando, W.J., 1987, Depositional cycles in the Mississippian Mission Canyon Limestone and Charles Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.123-133.
      • Mission Canyon
      • Altschuld, N., and Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1982, Mission Canyon and Duperow reservoirs of the Billings Nose, Billings County, North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SA, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.103-112.
      • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Mississippian Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.39, n.11, p.2170-2210.
      • Beach, D.K., and Schumacher, A., 1982, Stanley Field, North Dakota: A new model for a new exploration play; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 235-243.
      • Breig, J.J., 1988, Mississippian Mission Canyon reservoirs of the Billings Nose, Billings County, North Dakota, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.357-370.
      • Burke, R.B., 1999, Mississippian Sherwood lagoonal reservoir, Lucky Mound Field, McLean Co., North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.83, n.7, p.1180.
      • Catt, D.M., 1982, Depositional environments of Ratcliffe Interval, Mississippian Madison Group, Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.557-558. Chimney, P.J., and Wittstrom, M.D., 1983, Relation of lithofacies and diagenesis to porosity development, Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, eastern Montana and western North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1332.
      • Crass, D.B., 1987, The stratigraphy, petrography, and diagenesis of the Frobisher-Alida interval, Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), northern Bottineau and Renville Counties, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Waco, TX, Baylor, University, 93 p.
      • Diehl, P., and Burke, R., 1997, Washed out in the west: NDGS Newsletter, v. 24, n. 4, p. 10-11.
      • Dolliver, P., 1983, Upper Mission Canyon (Mississippian) cyclicity and hydrocarbon occurrence, north-central North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1335.
      • Durall, R.L., 1987, Diagenesis and porosity development of the Mission Canyon and Charles formations (Mississippian), Treetop and Whiskey Joe fields, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 208 p.
      • Elliott, T.L., 1982, Carbonate facies, depositional cycles, and the development of secondary porosity during burial diagenesis; Mission Canyon Formation, Haas Field, North Dakota: Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 131-151.
      • Elliott, T.L., 1987, Carbonate facies, depositional cycles, and the development of secondary porosity during burial diagenesis; Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, Haas Field, North Dakota, in 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, p.385-406.
      • Fischer, H.J., Durall, R., Eylands, K., Luther, M., Perkins, R., Quinn, C., Schwatz, D.A., Stephens, R., and Valvik, J., 1984, Depositional history of the upper portion of the Glenburn Zone, Glenburn Field, North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 7, p.57-59.
      • Fischer, H.J., Luther, M.R., Eylands, K.E., and Quinn, C.F., 1987, Salinity, oxygenation, and topographic controls on Mississippian subtidal sedimentation in a portion of the Mission Canyon Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth international Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskachewan Geological Society, p.266-267.
      • Fish, A.R., and Kinard, J.C., 1959, Madison group stratigraphy and nomenclature in the northern Williston Basin: Am. Assoc Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mtn. Sec., Geological record, Feb. 1959, p.117-129.
      • Harris, S.H., 1965, Relation of Mission Canyon stratigraphy to oil production in north-central North Dakota: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.49, n.9, p.1571.
      • Harris, S.H., Land, C.B., Jr., and McKeever, J.H., 1966, Relation of Mission Canyon stratigraphy to oil production in north-central North Dakota: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v.50, n.10, p.2269-2276.
      • Hendricks, M.L., 1991, The stratigraphy of selected Mission Canyon wireline log markers, U.S. portion of the Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.6, p.1127-1128.
      • Hoff, J.L., 1987, Cyclicity in the Mission Canyon and lower Charles formations of the central Williston Basin, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth international Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskachewan Geological Society, p.11-122.
      • Hoff, J.L., 1989, Sedimentary depositional cyclicity, Mission Canyon and Charles formations (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 421 p.
      • Horner, T.C., 1986, Depositional environments, diagenesis and porosity relationships in the Mission Canyon Formation, Elkhorn Ranch Field, Billings County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Lubbock, TX, Texas Tech University, 114 p.
      • Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1988, Overview; Williston Basin carbonate reservoirs, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.251-274.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Kupecz, J.A., 1984, Depositional environments, diagenetic history and petroleum entrapment in the Mississippian Mission Canyon Fm., Billings Anticline, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, 251 p.
      • Lewis, P.J., 1959, Mission Canyon bioherms of northeast Montana, in Billings Geol. Soc., Guidebook, 10th Ann. Field Conf., Aug. 1959, p.59-63.
      • Lindsay, R.F., and Kendall, C.G.St.C., 1980, Depositional facies, diagenesis and reservoir character of the Mission Canyon Formation of the Williston Basin at the Little Knife Field, Billings, Dunn, and McKenzie counties, North Dakota, in Halley, R.B., and Loucks, R.G., eds., Carbonate reservoir rocks: SEPM Core Workshop 1, p.79-104.
      • Lindsay, R.F., and Roth, M.S., 1982, Carbonate and evaporite facies, dolomitization and reservoir distribution of the Mission Canyon Formation, Little Knife Field, North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 153-179.
      • Lindsay, R.F., 1985, Madison Group (Mississippian) reservoir facies of Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.2, p.279-280.
      • Lindsay, R.F., and Kendal, C.G.St.C., 1985, Depositional facies, diagenesis, and reservoir character of Mississippian cyclic carbonates in the Mission Canyon Formation, Little Knife Field, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Roehl, P.O., and Choquette, P.W., eds., Carbonate petroleum reservoirs: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, p.175-190.
      • Lindsay, R.F., 1987, Carbonate and evaporite facies, dolomitization and reservoir distribution of the Mission Canyon Formation, Little Knife Field, North Dakota, in 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, p.355-384.
      • Lindsay, R.F., 1988, Mission Canyon Formation reservoir characteristics in North Dakota, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.317-346.
      • Lindsay, R.F., 1993, Mission Canyon Formation reservoir characteristics in North Dakota, with emphasis on Little Knife Field: Houston Geological Society Bulletin, v.35, n.5, p.28-29.
      • Locklin, J.A., and Damp, J.N., 1995, A compartmentalized carbonate reservoir in the Nesson Zone of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota: A case study from Glass Bluff Field: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 209-218.
      • Lu, Ming, 1986, Genetic sequence analysis of carbonate and evaporite strata, Upper Mission Canyon (Madison Group), Mississippian, Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, 139 p.
      • Luther, M.R., Steadman, E.N., and Hills, L.V., 1987, Environmental significance of a megaspore flora from the Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Bottineau County, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth international Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskachewan Geological Society, p.107-116.
      • Malek, A.M., 1971, Depositional environment of Mission Canyon (Mississippian) oil fields in north-central North Dakota: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.55, n.2, p.351.
      • Mander, M.L.M., 1980, Petrography and environments of deposition of the Mission Canyon Formation Rough Rider Field, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Boulder, CO, University of Colorado, 91 p.
      • McClellan, W.A., 1995, Sherwood subinterval of the Mission Canyon Formation in central western North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 11 p.
      • Obelenus, T.J., 1984, Nature and origin of ooids and pisolites of the Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 7, p.17.
      • Petty, D.M., 1996, Regional stratigraphic and facies relationships in the Sherwood subinterval of the Mission Canyon Formation, Southwest to north-central North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.80, n.6, p.979.
      • Pol, J.C., and Mescher, P.K., 1985, Environmental significance of evaporitic textures of Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.2, p.297.
      • Potter, D., 1995, Paleogeographic reconstruction of an arid Mississippian coastline, Sherwood Beds, Mission Canyon Formation, southeast Saskatchewan and North Dakota: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 143-161.
      • Quinn, C.F., 1986, Depositional history and diagenesis of the Sherwood and Bluell beds (Mississippian) southwestern Renville County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 254 p.
      • Schwartz, D.A., 1987, The deposition and diagenesis of the Bluell Zone, upper Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Flaxton Field, Burke County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 246 p.
      • Shanley, K.M., 1983, Stratigraphy and depositional model, upper Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Northeast Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, 172 p.
      • Shanks, K., and Bailey, T., 1982, Exploration in the Mississippian Mission Canyon of the Catwalk Field; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 183-189.
      • Sperr, J.T., Stancel, S.G., McClellan, W.A., and Hendricks, M.L., 1993, Wabek and Plaza fields: Carbonate shoreline traps in the Williston Basin of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Field Study No.1, 24 p.
      • Steed, R.W., 1983, The depositional environment and stratigraphy of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, east-central Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Durham, NC, Duke University, 163 p.
      • Stephens, R.A., 1986, Depositional history and diagenesis of the upper Mission Canyon and lower Charles formations (Mississippian), Billings County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 236 p.
      • Stoa, R.S., Stefanovsky, G.L., and Sschwartz, D.A., 1984, Electric log-core relations in the Mission Canyon Formation, north-central Burke County, North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 7, p.53-56.
      • Voldseth, N.E., 1987, Coteau and Dale intervals of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation; Flaxton Field, Burke County, North Dakota, in Fiscsher, D.W., ed., Core workshop volume, Fifth international Williston Basin symposium: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 69, p.89-109.
      • Waters, D.L., 1984, Depositional cycles and coral distribution, Mission Canyon and Charles formations, Madison Group (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 173 p.
      • Waters, D.L., and Sando, W.J., 1987, Coral zonules; New tools for petroleum exploration in the Mission Canyon Limestone and Charles Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota: in 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, p.193-208.
      • Waters, D.L., and Sando, W.J., 1987, Depositional cycles in the Mississippian Mission Canyon Limestone and Charles Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth international Williston Basin symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskachewan Geological Society, p.123-133.
      • White, E.J., and Marchant, L.C., 1971, Evaluation of the Madison Limestone in the Williston Basin from well logs and cores: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 7497, 27 p.
      • Witter, D.N., 1988, Stratal architecture and volumetric distribution of facies tracts, upper Mission Canyon Formation (Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, ? p.
      • Lodgepole
      • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Stratigraphy of the Lodgepole Formation, Virden-Whitewater area, Manitoba, in Goodman, A.J., ed., Jurassic and Carboniferous of western Canada, p.,372-390.
      • Andrichuk, J.M., 1955, Mississippian Madison group stratigraphy and sedimentation in Wyoming and southern Montana: AAPG Bulletin, v.39, n.11, p.2170-2210.
      • Burke, R., and Diehl, P., 1993, Waulsortian mounds and Conoco's new Lodgepole well: NDGS Newsletter, v.20, n.2, p.6-17.
      • Burke, R.B., and Diehl, P.E., 1995, Diversity and distribution of Lodgepole buildups in the Williston Basin and central Montana: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 58.
      • Burke, R.B., Diehl, P.E., and Orchard, D.M., 1995, Discoveries of oil in Waulsortian mounds in the Lodgepole Formation, Williston Basin: Houston Geological Society Bulletin, v.37, n.10, p.41-44.
      • Burke, R.B., and Lasemi, Z., 1995, A preliminary comparison of Waulsortian mound facies in the Williston and Illinios Basins: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 115-128.
      • Denson, N.M., Moore, G.W., Zeller, H.D., Bachman, G.O., Gill, J.R., and Melin, R.E., 1955, Uraniferous coal beds in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Coal Investigations Map 33.
      • Denson, N.M., Bachman, G.O., and Zeller, H.D., 1959, Chapter B; Uranium-bearing lignite in northwestern South Dakota and adjacent states: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1955, p.11-57.
      • Diehl, P., and Burke, R., 1997, Washed out in the west: NDGS Newsletter, v. 24, n. 4, p. 10-11.
      • Grover, P.W., 1996, Stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Mississippian Bakken Shale-Lodgepole Limestone sequence, Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. College Station, TX, Texas A&M University, 168 p.
      • Heck, T., 1978, Depositional environments of the Bottineau interval (Lodgepole) in North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., ed., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.191-199.
      • Heck, T.J., 1979, Depositional environments and diagenesis of the Mississippian Bottineau interval (Lodgepole) in North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 227 p.
      • Huber, T.P., 1986, Conodont biostratigraphy of the Bakken and lower Lodgepole formations (Devonian and Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 274 p.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • LaFever, J.A., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, A little known carbonate reservoir within the lower Lodgepole Formation, northwestern North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilison, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.31-43.
      • LeFever, J.A., Halabura, S.P., Fischer, D.W., and Martiniuk, C.D., 1995, North Dakota's Dickinson Lodgepole discovery; A preliminary exploration model: Oil and GAs Journal, v.93, n.33, p.50-59.
      • Lineback, J.A., and Davidson, M.L., 1982, The Williston Basin; sediment-starved during the Early Mississippian, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium, p.125-130.
      • Lineback, J.A., Roth, M., and Davidson, M.L., 1987, Sediment starvation in the Williston and Illinois basins during the Devonian and Mississippian, in Peterson, J.A., Kent, D.M., Anderson, S.B., Pilatzke, R.H., and Longman, M.W., eds., Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.147-156.
      • Longman, M.W., 1997, Recent and Cretaceous methane "vent" communities as analogs for Dickinson Field's Mississippian Lodgepole mound (Stark County, North Dakota): AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1228.
      • McCabe, H.R., 1959, Mississippian stratigraphy of Manitoba [and Williston Basin]: Winnipeg, Canada Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources, Mines Branch, 99 p.
      • Montgomery, S.L., 1996, Mississippian Lodgepole Play, Williston Basin; A review: AAPG Bulletin, v.80, n.6, p.795-810.
      • Morgan, W.A., Sheedlo, M.K., Ahr, W.M., Brewster, D.L., and Young, S.W., 1999, Sequence stratigraphic framework, sedimentology, and diagenesis of Waulsortian mounds of the Lodgepole Formation (Mississippian) in the Dickinson Field complex, Williston Basin, North Dakota: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting Expanded Abstracts, p. A96.
      • Stoa, R.S., Stefanovsky, G.L., and Schwartz, D.A., 1984, Electric log-core relations in the Mission Canyon Formation, north-central Burke County, North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilison, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.53-56.
      • Tedesco, S.A., and Zinke, S.G., 1997, Comparison of Waulsortian facies of the Appalachian and Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1235.
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      • Bakken
      • Anderson, S.B., 1954, Stratigraphic sections of the Mississippian system in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations.
      • Anderson, S.B., and Nelson, L.B., 1956, Mississippian stratigraphic studies, Bottineau County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations.
      • Anderson, S.B., and Hunt, J.B., 1964, Devonian salt solution in north-central North Dakota, in Third International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.93-104.
      • Byrd, W.J., 1978, Geology of the Mondak West and Mondak fields in Richland Co., Montana and McKenzie Co., North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.307-311.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Rygh, M.E., 1989, Overview of Bakken Formation in Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie counties, N.D.: Oil and Gas Journal, v.87, n.47, p.71-73.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Rygh, M.E., 1989, A synoptic overview of the Bakken Formation in portions of Billings, Golden Valley, and MacKenzie counties, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 14, p.
      • Gerhard, L.C., Borchert, R., Fischer, D., and Johnson, R., 1988, Geology of Glenburn Field, North Dakota, in Goolsby, S.M., nad Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.347-356.
      • Grover, P.W., 1996, Stratigraphy and diagenesis of the Mississippian Bakken Shale-Lodgepole Limestone sequence, Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. College Station, TX, Texas A&M University, 168 p.
      • Hansen, W.B., ed., 1991, 1991 guidebook to geology and horizontal drilling of the Bakken Formation: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, 198 p.
      • Hansen, W.B., ed., 1991, Geology and horizontal drilling the the Bakken Formation: Montana Geological Society Guidebook, 198 p.
      • Hayes, M.D., 1984, Conodonts of the Bakken Formation (Devonian and Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 57 p.
      • Hester, T.C., and Schmoker, J.W., 1985, Selected physical properties of the Bakken Formation, North Dakota and Montana part of the Williston Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Chart 126, 1 sheet.
      • Holland, F.D., Jr., Hayes, M.D., Thrasher, L.C., and Huber, T.P., 1987, Summary of the biostratigraphy of the Bakken Formation (Devonian and Mississippian) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.68-76.
      • Huber, T.P., 1986, Conodont biostratigraphy of the Bakken and lower Lodgepole formations (Devonian and Mississippian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, Univsersity of North Dakota, 274 p.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Kume, J., 1960, Investigation of the Bakken and Englewood formations Kinderhookian of North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 86 p.
      • Kume, J., 1963, The Bakken and Englewood formations of North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, 87 p.
      • LeFever, J.A., Martiniuk, C.D., Dancsok, E.F.R., and Mahnic, P.A., 1991, Petroleum potential of the middle member, Bakken Formation, Williston Basin: Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium, Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication No. 11, p. 74-94.
      • Lineback, J.A., and Davidson, M.L., 1982, The Williston Basin; Sediment-starved during the Early Mississippian, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.125-130.
      • Mapel, W.J., 1956, Uraniferous black shale in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions: U.S. Geological Professional Paper 300, p.469-476.
      • Meissner, F.F., 1982, Petroleum geology of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana: Corpus Christi Geological Society Bulletin, p.14-34.
      • Meissner, F.F., 1984, Petroleum geology of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana, in Demaison, G., Murris, R.J., eds., Petroleum geochemistry and basin evaluation: AAPG Memoir 35, p.159-179.
      • Meissner, F.F., 1978, Petroleum geology of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana, in Rehrig, D., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.207-227.
      • Shurr, G.W., 1995, Tectonic setting of horizontal Bakken production in southwestern North Dakota; Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 23-39.
      • Smith, M.G., and Bustin, R.M., 1995, Sedimentology of the Late Devonian and Early Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 103-114.
      • Smith, M.G., and Bustin, R.M., 1996, Lithofacies and paleoenvironments of the Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v.44, n.3, p.495-507.
      • Smith, M.G., and Bustin, R.M., 1998, Production and preservation of organic matter during deposition of the Bakken Formation (Late Devonian and Early Mississippian), Williston Basin: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.142, n.3-4, p.185-200.
      • Thrasher, L.C., 1985, Macrofossils and biostratigraphy of the Bakken Formation (Devonian and Mississippian) in western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, Universityof North Dakota, 292 p.
      • Thrasher, L.C., 1987, Macrofossils and stratigraphic subdivisions of the Bakken Formation (Devonian-Mississppian), Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, p.53-67.
      • Webster, R.L., 1984, Petroleum source rocks and stratigraphy of the Bakken Formation in North Dakota, in Woodward, J., Meissner, F.F., and Clayton, J.L., Hydrocarbon source rocks of the Greater Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.57-81.
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• Devonian
  • Anderson, S.B., and Hunt, J.B., 1964, Devonian salt solution in north central North Dakota: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.93-104.
  • Kent, D.M., 1964, The geology history of the Devonian system in the northern Great Plains: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.57-71.
    • Three Forks
      • Sandberg, C.A., 1965, Nomenclature and correlation of lithologic subdivisions of the Jeffereson and Three Forks formations of southern Montana and northern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1194-N, p.N1-N18.
      • Dumonceaux, G.M., 1984, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Three Forks Formation (Upper Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 189 p.
      • Meissner, F.F., 1984, Petroleum geology of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana, in Demaison, G., nad Murris, R.J., eds., Petroleum geochemistry and basin evaluation: AAPG Memoir 35, p.159-179.
      • Lineback, J.A., and Davidson, M.L., 1982, The Williston Basin; Sediment-starved during the Early Mississippian, in Christopher, J.A., and Davidson, M.L., Fourth international Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.125-130.
      • Birdbear
      • Ehrets, J.R., and Kissling, D.L., 1985, Deposition, diagenesis and paleostructural control of Duperow and Birdbear (Nisku) reservoirs, Williston Basin, in Longman, M.W., Shanley, K.W., Lindsay, R.F., and Eby, D.E., eds., Rocky Mountain carbonate reservoirs; A core workshop: SEPM Core Workshop 7, p.183-216.
      • Halabura, S., 1982, Depositional environments of the Upper Devonian Birdbear Formation, Saskatchewan; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 113-124.
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      • Kent, D.M., 1998, Diagenetically altered stromatoporoid banks; Seals for dolomicrite reservoirs in Birdbear and Duperow rocks of southern Saskatchewan, in, Kreis, L.K., ed., Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium; Core Workshop Volume 8: Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 105-142.
      • Kissling, D.L., and Ehrets, J.R., 1984, Depositional models for the Duperow and Birdbear formations; Implications for correlation and exploration, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 7.
      • Loeffler, P., 1982, Depositional environment and rock fabric, Birdbear ("Nisku") Formation (Upper Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.595.
      • Loeffler, P.T., 1982, Depositional environment and diagenesis, Birdbear Formation (Upper Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 268 p.
      • Martiniuk, C.D., Young, H.R., and LeFever, J.A., 1995, Lithofacies and petroleum potential of the Birdbear Formation (Upper Devonian), southwestern Manitoba and north-central North Dakota: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 89-102.
      • Sandberg, C.A., 1965, Nomenclature and correlation of lithologic subdivisions of the Jeffereson and Three Forks formations of southern Montana and northern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1194-N, p.N1-N18.
      • Duperow
      • Altschuld, N., and Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1982, Mission Canyon and Duperow reservoirs of the Billings Nose, Billings County, North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth international Williston Basin Symposium, p.103-112.
      • Burke, R.B., Catt, D.M., Lindsay, R.F., Lobdell, F.K., LoBue, C.L., Loeffler, P.T., Obelenus, T.J., Perrin, N.A., Sturm, S.D., and Webster, R.L., 1982, Facies, fabrics and porosity of selected pre-Permian rocks in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth international Williston Basin Symposium, p.322.
      • Burke, R.B., Catt, D., Lindsay, R.F., Lobdell, F.K., Lobue, C.L., Loeffler, P.T., Obelenus, T.J., Perrin, N.A., Sturm, S.D., Webster, R.L., and Wilson, B.J., 1983, Facies, fabrics, and porosity of selected pre-Permian rocks in Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1331.
      • Burke, R.B., and Stefanovsky, G.L., 1982, Porosity types, geometry and interpore minerals of the lower Duperow Formation, Billings Nose Area, Williston Basin, North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 93-100.
      • Burke, R.B., 1989, An overview of Devonian Duperow Formation production, Billings Anticline, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.88, 5 p., plates.
      • Burke, R.B., and Heck, T.J., 1989, Reservoir characteristics of the Duperow Formation at Tree Top Field, North Dakota, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountains: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Guidebook.
      • Byrd, W.J., 1978, Geology of the Mondak West and Mondak fields in Richland Co., Montana and McKenzie Co., North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.307-311.
      • Ehrets, J.R., and Kissling, D.L., 1985, Deposition, diagenesis and paleostructural control of Duperow and Birdbear (Nisku) reservoirs, Williston Basin, in Ehrets, J.R., and Kissling, D.L., Rocky Mountain carbonate reservoirs; A core workshop: SEPM Core Workshop, v.7, p.183-216.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, Little-known mid-Paleozoic salts of northwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 83, 18 p.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, Little known Mid-Paleozoic salts of northwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.68, n.7, p.937.
      • Flax, P., 1987, Depositional and diagenetic characteristics of the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Duperow Formation in west central North Dakota: Master's thesis. Flushing, NY, Queen's College (CUNY), ? p.
      • Hoganson, J.W., 1978, Microfacies analysis and depositional environments of the Duperow Formation (Fransnian) in the North Dakota part of the Williston Basin, in Rehrig, D., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.131-144.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Kent, D.M., 1998, Diagenetically altered stromatoporoid banks; Seals for dolomicrite reservoirs in Birdbear and Duperow rocks of southern Saskatchewan, in, Kreis, L.K., ed., Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium; Core Workshop Volume 8: Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 105-142.
      • Kissling, D.L., and Ehrets, J.R., 1984, Depositional models for the Duperow and Birdbear formations; Implications for correlation and exploration, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan GEological Society Special Publication 7, unpaginated.
      • Kissling, D.L., 1998, Aberrant Duperow cycles and stratigraphic trapping in the northern Williston Basin, in Christopher, J.E., Gilboy, C.F., Paterson, D.F., and Bend, S.L., eds., Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.48.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Pernichele, A.D., 1964, Microfacies analysis of the Duperow Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Beaver Lodge Field, Williams County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 108 p.
      • Pilatzke, R.H., Fiscsher, D.W., and Pilatzke, C.L., 1985, Stratigraphic controls on Duperow production in Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.5, p.860.
      • Rich, M., 1964, Microfossils from the Upper Devonian in western North Dakota: Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science, v.22, n.2, p.6.
      • Rich, M., 1965, 'Calcispheres' from the Duperow Formation (Upper Devonian) in western North Dakota: Journal of Paleontology, v.39, n.1, p.143-145.
      • Rich, M., and Pernichele, A.D., 1965, Petrography of portions of the Duperow Formation (Upper Devonian) in western North Dakota: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v.35, n.3, p.575-588.
      • Wilson, J.L., and Pilatzke, R.H., 1985, Carbonate-evaporite cycles in lower Duperow Formation of Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.69, n.5, p.870-871.
      • Wilson, J.L., 1967, Carbonate-evaporite cycles in lower Duperow Formation of Williston Basin: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v.15, n.3, p.230-312.
      • Souris River
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1982, Lithology and depositional environment of Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian), North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.595.
      • Wilson, J.L., 1967, Carbonate-evaporite cycles in lower Duperow Formation of Williston Basin: Canadian Petroleum Geology Bulletin, v.15, p.230-312.
      • Wilson, J.L., and Pilatzke, R.H., 1987, Carbonate-evaporite cycles in lower Duperow Formation of the Williston Basin, in Longman, M.W., ed., Williston Basin: Anatomy of a cratonic oil province: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.119-146.
      • Dawson Bay
      • Altschuld, N., and Kerr, S.D., Jr., 1982, Mission Canyon and Duperow reservoirs of the Billings Nose, Billings County, North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 103-112.
      • Dean, K., 1982, Devonian Dawson Bay Formation in northwestern North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 89-92.
      • Heck, T.J., 1988, An overview of Dolphin Field, Divide County, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 70, 14 p.
      • Kissling, D.L., 1982, Diagenetic scenarios for porosity evolution in Devonian Duperow carbonates, Montana and North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 101.
      • Lane, D.M., 1986, The Dawson Bay Formation (Devonian) in southeastern Saskatchewan: Summary of Investigations by the Saskatchewan Geological Survey 86-4, p.172-175.
      • Pound, W.R., 1985, The geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Dawson Bay Carbonate Unit (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 320 p.
      • Prairie
      • Anderson, S.B., 1964, Salt deposits in North Dakota, in The mineral resources of North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota General Extension Division, ? p.
      • Anderson, S.B., and Swinehart, R.P., 1979, Potash salts in the Williston Basin, U.S.A.: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation 68, p.358-376.
      • Carlson, C.G., and Anderson, S.B., 1966, Potash in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, 12 p.
      • Grossman, I.G., 1968, Origin of the sodium sulfate deposits of the northern Great Plains of Canada and the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 600-B, p.B104-B109.
      • Harris, W., 1990, Timing of evaporite dissolution, Prairie Formation, north-central North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.74, n.8, p.1326-1327.
      • Harris, W., 1991, Patterns and controls for dissolution of the Prairie Formation, Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, and Ward counties, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, ? p.
      • Oglesby, C.A., 1988, Depositional and dissolution of the Middle Devonian Prairie Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana: Master's thesis. Golden, CO, Colorado School of Mines, 79 p.
      • Perrin, N.A., 1987, Depositional environments and diagenesis, Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 634 p.
      • Sandberg, C.A., 1973, Salt and potash, in Mineral and water resources of North Dakota; County Ground Water Studies 63: Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota State Water Commission, p.140-151.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Winnipegosis
      • Anderson, S.B., and Swinehart, R.P., 1979, Potash salts in the Williston Basin, U.S.A.: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigation No.68 [reprinted from Economic Geology, v.74, n.2, p.358-376].
      • Burke, R.B., Catt, D.M., Lindsay, R.F., Lobdell, F.K., LoBue, C.L., Loeffler, P.T., Obelenus, T.J., Perrin, N.A., Sturm, S.D., and Webster, R.L., 1982, Facies, fabrics and porosity of selected pre-Permian rocks in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.322.
      • Ehrets, J.R., and Kissling, D.L., 1987, Winnipegosis platform margin and pinnacle reef reservoirs, northwestern North Dakota, in Fischer, D.W., ed., Core workshop volume, Fifth international Williston Basin Symposium: Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota Geological Survesy Miscellaneous Series 69, p.1-31.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Burke, R.B., 1987, A synoptic overview of Winnipegosis pinnacle reefs in North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 68, 15 p.
      • Harris, W., 1991, Reinterpretation of the eastern platform-to-basin facies transition, Winnipegosis Formation, north-central North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.3, p.590.
      • Kissling, D.L., and Slingsby, A., 1999, Reservoirs in Winnipegosis Basin laminites (Ratner Member), Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin horizontal well workshop, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Energy and Mines, (no pagination).
      • Perrin, N.A., 1981, Reef facies of Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.65, n.5, p.969.
      • Perrin, N.A., 1982, Environment of deposition of Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.616-617.
      • Perrin, N.A., 1982, Environments of deposition and diagenesis of the Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.51-66.
      • Perrin, N.A., and Precht, W.F., 1985, Depositional environments, paleoecology and diagenesis of selected Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian) reef cores, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Longman, M.W., Shanley, K.W., Lindsay, R.F., and Eby, D.E., eds., Rocky Mountain carbonate reservoirs; A core workshop: SEPM Core Workshop 7, p.125-182.
      • Perrin, N.A., 1987, Depositional environments and diagenesis, Winnipegosis Formation (Middle Devonian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 634 p.
      • Precht, W.F., 1986, Reservoir development and hydrocarbon potential of Winnipegosis (Middle Devonian) pinnacle reefs, southern Elk Point Basin, North Dakota, in Carbonates and Evaporites 1: Troy, NY, Northeastern Science Foundation, Inc., Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology, p.83-99.
      • Precht, W.F., and Stanley, K.W., 1987, Subsurface identification and differentiation of Winnipegosis (Middle Devonian) reef types, southern Elk Point Basin, North Dakota, in 1987 Canadian reef research symposium: Banff, AB, Canada, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, p.102.
      • Ashern
      • Burke, R.B., Catt, D.M., Lindsay, R.F., Lobdell, F.K., Lobue, C.L., Loeffler, P.T., Obelenus, T.J., Perrin, N.A., Sturm, S.D., Webster, R.L., and Wilson, B.J., 1983, Facies, fabrics, and porosity of selected pre-Permian rocks in Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1331.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, Little known Mid-Paleozoic salts of northwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.68, n.7, p.937.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Willliston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1982, Lithology and depositional environment of Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian), North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.595.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1984, Age and depositional history of the Middle Devonian Ashern Formation in the Williston Basin, Saskatchewan and North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., andd Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 7, p. 5-12.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1984, The Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian) in the Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 187 p.
• Silurian
  • Porter, J.W., and Fuller, J.G.C.M., 1958, Succession of lower Paleozoic rocks in the northern part of the Williston Basin: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.33-39.
    • Interlake
      • Burke, R.B., Catt, D.M., Lindsay, R.F., Lobdell, F.K., Lobue, C.L., Loeffler, P.T., Obelenus, T.J., Perrin, N.A., Sturm, S.D., Webster, R.L., and Wilson, B.J., 1983, Facies, fabrics, and porosity of selected pre-Permian rocks in Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.67, n.8, p.1331.
      • Carlson, C.G., and Eastwood, W.P., 1962, Upper Ordovician and Silurian rocks of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Society Bulletin, p.52.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, Little-known mid-Paleozoic salts of northwestern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Society Report of Investigations 83, 18 p.
      • Fischer, D.W., and Anderson, S.B., 1984, Little known Mid-Paleozoic salts of northwestern North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.68, n.7, p.937.
      • Inden, R., Byrnes, A., and Cluff, B., 1998, Facies and reservoir characteristics of Silurian Interlake of the central and southwestern Williston Basin, in Kreis, L.K., ed., Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.67-88.
      • Jarvie, D.M., Walker, P.R., and Price, L.C., 1997, Geochemical comparison of Paleozoic oils, Williston Basin, U.S.A.: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1226.
      • Kent, D.M., 1984, Carbonate and associated rocks of the Williston Basin; their origin, diagenesis, and economic potential: Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Section, SEPM, 137 p.
      • LeFever, J.A., and Le Fever, R.D., 1995, Relationship of salt patterns to hydrocarbon accumulations, North Dakota Williston Basin: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 69-88.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1984, Age and depositional history of the Middle Devonian Ashern Formation in the Williston Basin, Saskatchewan and North Dakota, in Lorsong, J.A., and Wilson, M.A., eds., Oil and gas in Saskatchewan: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Paper 7, p.5-12.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1982, Lithology and depositional environment of Ashern Formation (Middle Devonian), North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.66, n.5, p.595.
      • LoBue, C., 1982, Depositional environments and diagenesis of the Silurian Interlake Formation, Williston Basin, western North Dakota, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorsong, J.A., eds., Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.29-42.
      • LoBue, C.L., 1983, Depositional environments and diagenesis, Interlake Formation (Silurian), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 233 p.
      • Megathan, E.R., 1987, Silurian Interlake Group; A sequence of cyclic marine and freshwater carbonate deposits in the central Williston Basin: : Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium Core Workshop Volume; North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 69, p. 59-88.
      • Peterson, J.A., and MacCary, L.M., 1987, Regional stratigraphy and general petroleum geology, Williston Basin, United States and adjacent area, in 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, p.9-44.
• Ordovician
  • Porter, J.W., and Fuller, J.G.C.M., 1958, Succession of lower Paleozoic rocks in the northern part of the Williston Basin: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.33-39.
    • Stonewall
      • Anderson, S.B., and Haraldson, H.C., 1968, Cement-rock possibilities in Paleozoic rocks of eastern North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 62 p.
      • Caramanica, F.P., 1973, Ordovician corals of the Williston Basin periphery: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 570 p.
      • Carlson, C.G., and Eastwood, W.P., 1962, Upper Ordovician and Silurian rocks of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, 52 p.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1988, Macropaleontology of the Gunn Member, Stony Mountain Formation (Upper Ordovician), Manitoba and North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 382 p.
      • Mayer, J.D., 1987, Geology of the Indian Hill Field area, central Williston Basin, North Dakota; A multiple-pay field developed in the 1980s, in Carlson, C.G., and Christopher, J.E., eds., Fifth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.197-211.
      • Murphy, E.C., 1994, Cement rock in North Dakota: NDGS Newsletter, v.21, n.4, p.11-15.
      • Stony Mountain
      • Byrd, W.J., 1978, Geology of the Mondak West and Mondak fields in Richland Co., Montana and McKenzie Co., North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.307-311.
      • Caramanica, F.P., 1973, Ordovician corals of the Williston Basin periphery: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 570 p.
      • Carlson, C.G., and Eastwood, W.P., 1962, Upper Ordovician and Silurian rocks of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin, 52 p.
      • Kume, J., and Howells, L., 1987, Water resources of Walworth County, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 85-4015, 70 p.
      • Lobdell, F.K., 1988, Macropaleontology of the Gunn Member, Stony Mountain Formation (Upper Ordovician), Manitoba and North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 382 p.
      • Murphy, E.C., 1994, Cement rock in North Dakota: NDGS Newsletter, v.21, n.4, p.11-15.
      • Porter, J.W., and Fuller, J.G.C.M., 1959, Lower Paleozoic rocks of northern Williston Basin and adjacent areas: AAPG Bulletin, v.43, n.1, p.124-189.
      • Red River
      • Ballard, W.W., 1969, Red River of northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota, in Eastern Montana Symposium, p.15-24.
      • Byrd, W.J., 1978, Geology of the Mondak West and Mondak fields in Richland Co., Montana and McKenzie Co., North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., ed., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.307-311.
      • Canter, K.L., 1998, Facies, cyclostratigraphic and secondary diagenetic controls on reservoir distribution, Ordovician Red River Formation, Midale Field, southern Saskatchewan, in Kreis, L.K., ed., Core Workshop Volume; Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.41-65.
      • Caramanica, F.P., 1973, Ordovician corals of the Williston Basin periphery: Doctoral dissertation. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 570 p.
      • Carroll, K.W., 1978, Depositional and paragenetic controls on porosity development, upper Red River Formation, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 153 p.
      • Carroll, W.K., 1978, Depositional and paragenetic controls on porosity development, upper Red River Formation, North Dakota, in Rehrig, D., ed., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.79-94.
      • Carroll, W.K., 1979, Depositional environments and paragenetic porosity controls, upper Red River Formation, North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 51 p.
      • Carroll, W.K., and Gerhard, L.C., 1979, Dolomitization in upper Red River Formation (Upper Ordovician), North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.63, n.3, p.430.
      • Clement, J.H., 1978, Depositional sequences and characteristics of Ordovician Red River producing zones, Pennel Field, Cedar Creek Anticline, Fallon County, Montana, in Rehrig, D., ed., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.97.
      • Derby, J.R., and KOlpatrick, J.T., 1985, Ordovician Red River dolomite reservoirs, Killdeer Field, North Dakota, in Roehl, P.O., and Choquette, P.W., eds., Carbonate petroleum reservoirs: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, p.59-69.
      • Downey, J.S., 1984, Geohydrology of the Madison and associated aquifers in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-G, p.G1-G47.
      • Ellingson, J.B., 1995, Depositional environments and paleogeography of the Winnipeg Group (Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 231 p.
      • Fiestad, H.K., 1969, Upper Red River Formation (Ordovician) in western North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 82 p.
      • Fischer, D., Heck, T., and Gerhard, L.C., 1990, Medicine Pole Hills Field, U.S.A., Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Beaumont, E.A., and Foster, N.H., eds., Stratigraphic traps I; AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Atlas of Oil and Gas Fields: Tulsa, OK, AAPG, p.229-255.
      • Fox, J.S., and Videtich, P.E., 1992, Subaqueous deposition of the "C" Zone, Red River Formation (Upper Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.76, n.8, p.1259.
      • Fox, J.S., 1993, Depositional and diagenetic controls on porosity evolution in the "C" Zone, Red River Formation (Upper Ordovician), Divide County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 311 p.
      • Jaafar, I.B., 1980, Depositional and diagenetic history of the B-zone of the Red River Formation (Ordovician) of the Beaver Creek Field, Golden Valley County, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Canyon, TX, West Texas State University, 67 p.
      • Kohm, J.A., and Louden, R.O., 1978, Ordovician Red River of eastern Montana and western North Dakota; Relationships between lithofacies and production, in Rehrig, D., ed., The economic geology of the Williston Basin; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p.99-117.
      • Kohm, J.A., and Louden, R.O., 1982, Ordovician Red River of eastern Montana and western North Dakota; Relationships between lithofacies and production, in Christopher, J.E., Kaldi, J., Dunn, C.E., Kent, D.M., and Lorson, J.A., eds., Fourth international Williston Basin Symposium: Regina, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p.27-28.
      • Kohm, J.A., and Louden, R.D., 1988, Red River reservoirs of western North Dakota and eastern Montana, in Goolsby, S.M., and Longman, M.W., eds., Occurrence and petrophysical properties of carbonate reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region: Denver, CO, Rockky Mountain Association of Geologists, p.275-290.
      • Longman, M.W., Fertal, T.G., and Stell, J.R., 1992, Reservoir performance in Ordovician Red River Formation, Horse Creek and South Horse Creek fields, Bowman County, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.76, n.4, p.449-467.
      • MacCary, L.M., Cushing, E.M., and Brown, D.L., 1981, Potentially favorable areas for large-yield wells in the Red River Formation and Madison Limestone in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-220, 35 p.
      • MacCary, L.M., Cushing, E.M., and Brown, D.L., 1983, Potentially favorable areas for large-yield wells in the Red River Formation and Madison Limestone in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S., Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-E, p.E1-E13.
      • Martens, R.W., 1979, The story behind Boxcar Butte Field in McKenzie County, North Dakota: Oil and Gas Journal, v.77, n.23, p.180, 182, 187, 189, 190, 192.
      • Montgomery, S.L., 1997, Ordovician Red River "B"; Horizontal oil play in the southern Williston Basin: AAPG Bulletin, v.81, n.4, p.519-532.
      • Neese, D.G., 1985, Depositional environment and diagenesis of the Red River Formation "C" interval, Divide County, North Dakota and Sheridan County, Montana, in Longman, M.W., Shanley, K.W., Lindsay, R.F., and Eby, D.E., eds., Rocky Mountain carbonate reservoirs; A core workshop: SEPM Core Workshop 7, p.95-124.
      • Perkins, R.D., 1991, Early and late diagenetic alteration of Ordovician Red River carbonates, Tioga Deep Field, Williston Basin, North Dakota: AAPG Bulletin, v.75, n.3, p.652.
      • Peterson, J.A., and MacCary, L.M., 1987, Regional stratigraphy and general petroleum geology, Williston Basin, United States and adjacent area, in 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, p.9-44.
      • Sippel, M.A., 1997, Characterization of Red River reservoirs from 3-D seismic at Cold Turkey Creek Field: AAPG Bulletin, v. 81, n. 7, p. 1233-1234.
      • Tanguay, L.H., 1993, Petrophysical characteristics of carbonate reservoirs; The Red River Formation (Upper Ordovician), Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota: Doctoral dissertation. New York, NY, City College (CUNY), 464 p.
      • Thompson, S.C., 1984, Depositional environments and history of the Winnipeg Group (Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Master's thesis. Grand Forks, ND, University of North Dakota, 210 p.
      • Whiteman, W.A., Box, M.R., and Craney, D.L., 1998, The Red River "B" Zone at Cedar Hills Field, Bowman County, North Dakota: Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium Core Workshop Volume, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 23-40.
      • Wittstrom, M.D., 1990, Little Knife Field, U.S.A., Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Beaumont, E.A., and Foster, N.H., eds., Stratigraphic traps I; AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology, Atlas of Oil and Gas Fields: Tulsa, OK, AAPG, p.159-194.
      • Winnipeg Group
      • Anderson, T.C., 1982, Exploration history and hydrocarbon potential of the Ordovician Winnipeg Formation in the southern Williston Basin; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 19-25.
      • Carlson, C.G., 1958, The stratigraphy of the Deadwood-Winnipeg interval in North Dakota and Northwestern South Dakota: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.20-26.
      • Carlson, C.G., 1964, Facies relationships of the Winnipeg Group in eastern North Dakota: Third International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.45-49.
      • Ellingson, J.B., and LeFever, R.D., 1995, Depositional environments and history of the Winnipeg Group (Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Seventh International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook: Billings, MT, Montana Geological Society, p. 129-139.
      • Ellingson, J.B., and LeFever, R.D., 1995, Depositional envirnments and history of the Winnipeg Group (Ordovician), Williston Basin, North Dakota: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 57.
      • Kessler, L.G., II, 1991, Subsidence controlled stratigraphic sequences and the origin of shelf sand ridges, Winnipeg Group (Middle Ordovician) Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Dakota: Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium, Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication No. 11, p. 1-13.
      • Stocker, G.R., 1956, Deadwood and Winnepeg correlations in the Williston Basin: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.112-114.
      • Vinopal, R.J., and Edington, D.H., 1998, Reservoir attributes related to base level cyclicity and diagenesis in the Winnipeg Group, North Dakota: Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium Core Workshop Volume, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 9-22.
      • Roughlock
        • Ice Box
        • Black Island
        • Garland Member
          • Hawkeye Member
• Cambrian
  • Porter, J.W., and Fuller, J.G.C.M., 1958, Succession of lower Paleozoic rocks in the northern part of the Williston Basin: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.33-39.
    • Deadwood
      • Carlson, C.G., 1958, The stratigraphy of the Deadwood-Winnipeg interval in North Dakota and Northwestern South Dakota: Second International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.20-26.
      • Forsman, N.F., and Gerlach, T.R., 1995, The Newporte Structure: The first petroliferous basement impact crater: Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, v. 49, p. 56.
      • Hendricks, M.L., Eisel, J.D., and Fischer, W., 1998, Deadwood and Winnipeg sandtone reservoirs, Newporte Field, Renville County, North Dakota: Eighth International Williston Basin Symposium Core Workshop Volume, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 1-8.
      • Stocker, G.R., 1956, Deadwood and Winnepeg correlations in the Williston Basin: First International Williston Basin Symposium, Bismarck, ND, North Dakota Geological Society, p.112-114.

Precambrian

Hajnal, Z., and Fowler, C.M.R., 1982, The Earth's crust under the Williston Basin in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 13-18

Memmi, J.M., Loomis,J., and Pride, D.E., 1997, Precambrian basement; Age versus lithology in the search for primary diamond deposits: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. v. 29, n. 6, p. 292.

Peterman, Z.E., and Goldich, S.S., 1982, Archean rocks of the Churchill Basement, Williston Basin, North Dakota; Fourth International Williston Basin Symposium; Special Publication No. 6: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan Geological Society, p. 11-12.

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