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A Visitor's Guide to the North Dakota Capitol Grounds: Buildings, Monuments, and Stones
By Robert F. Biek, 1995, 55p. Published by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. (Available from the State Historical Society of North Dakota, North Dakota Heritage Center, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505- 0830, Tel. 701-328-2666. ND residents add 5% sales tax, Bismarck residents 6%. Shipping is $2.00 for 1-2 items, $3.50 for 3-5 items, and $5.00 for 6-8 items. Make checks payable to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.)
An Introduction: North Dakota Geological Survey
This brochure describes services provided by the North Dakota Geological Survey, describes the kinds of technical investigations conducted by the Survey, lists the various databases and collections, and describes the Survey's regulatory responsibility.
Drill Stem Test Catalog
Near Hits ??? in North Dakota, by Mary Woods Scott, 1973, with supplement. A compilation of data from drill stem tests that recovered oil from wells that are located one-half mile or more from a producing well. The arrangement is by county and is current through July 31, 1973. $2.00.

Supplement To Near Hits ???, by Mary Woods Scott, 1979. Provides an update through December 15, 1978. $1.00.
Geologic Postcard
Full color postcard that shows a simplified geologic map of North Dakota. Card measures 5" x 7".

Shaded Relief of North Dakota Postcard Smaller version of MM-32. A computer-generated model of the surface topography of North Dakota. Card measures 4" x 6".
North Dakota's Fossil Fuel Resources Postcard
Highlights breakdown of fossil fuels in North Dakota. Includes oil and gas fields, coal deposits, and coal-bearing rock formations. Card measures 4" x 6".

Geothermal Resources Map of North Dakota
Full-color map of North Dakota showing areas with higher than average geothermal gradients. The map summarizes terrestrial heat flow data and includes an inset showing depth, thickness, water quality, and expected water temperature of the Mississippian Madison strata. Scale: 1:500,000 (40" x 50"). Published for the North Dakota Geological Survey by the National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Compiled by Kenneth L. Harris and others, 1981.

North Dakota Rock and Mineral Samples
A collection 17 typical rocks and minerals found in North Dakota, mounted on a card with sample descriptions on the back. $3.00.
Landforms of North Dakota V 09-Dec-2009 on video describing the geology of North Dakota in general terms. Intended mainly for teachers of earth science in North Dakota schools, but the video should be useful to anyone interested in learning more about the surface geology of the state. $20.00.
Surface of the Earth Icosahedron Globe
This Icosahedron projection globe shows the topography and bathymetry of the Earth's surface as presented in digital gridded databases available from the National Geophysical Data Center (1995). Diameter is approximately 4". Shipped flat and unassembled on 11" x 17" sheet. $1.00
North Dakota Oil and Gas Fields
By Paul E. Diehl, 2004. This 35 ½ " x 34" map at 1:500,000 scale shows the name and location of all 527 oil fields active in North Dakota in 2004. $10.00



Reprints of NDGS Newsletter Articles
Non-technical articles on various aspects of North Dakota geology and mineral resources. Most of the articles first appeared in the NDGS Newsletter. Each reprint is $0.50 (minimum order $1.00). A complete NDGS Newsletter index is available upon request.
Note: Some items are cross listed.


Badlands

  • Scoria in North Dakota (December 1976)
  • Little Missouri River Badlands (June 1978; June 1990)
  • Clinker (December 1988)
  • Concretions and nodules in North Dakota (Summer 1994)
  • Paleontology of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (Spring 1997)




Coal

  • History of coal mining (December 1974)
  • Reclamation of coal mines (June 1975)
  • Some of the legal aspects of mineral vs. land rights (June 1975)
  • Lignite and strip mining (June 1976)
  • Geology of lignite (December (1976)
  • Decline in coal exploration in North Dakota (December 1983)
  • Detection of underground lignite mines by gravity surveys (December 1983)
  • Evaluating abandoned surface-mined lands in western North Dakota (December 1983)

Core and Sample Library

  • Why do we save all those rocks? (June 1983)
  • Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library (Summer 1992)
  • Cores and drill cuttings: What are they and why do we use them? (Summer 1995)

Data Acquisition and Processing

  • Computer assisted glacial stratigraphy (December 1987)
  • Global positioning systems (GPS)(Winter 1993)

Devil’s Lake

  • The origin of Devils Lake (December 1981)
  • Fluctuating levels of Devils Lake (June 1983; Spring 1995)
  • Radiocarbon dates on Devils Lake beaches (June 1988)
  • Seasonal evaporite precipitation in East Stump Lake (December 1989)

Earth Science Education

  • Rock and mineral clubs (Summer 1993)
  • ESIC news (digital line graphs)(Fall 1993)
  • Geological highway maps (Summer 1994)
  • ESIC news (digital raster graphic)(Spring 1995)

Energy Sources

  • Role of oil in the energy shortage, The (June 1975)
  • Wholesale gasoline prices (June 1976)
  • Hydrothermal resources in North Dakota (June 1980)
  • Groundwater heat pumps (June 1982)
  • An analysis of America's energy future (December 1982)
  • Power from wind in North Dakota (December 1991)
  • Geothermal heat pumps (Spring 1995)

Environmental Geology

  • Reclamation of surface mined land (June 1975)
  • Engineering properties of sediment in the glacial Lake Agassiz Basin of North Dakota (December 1975)
  • Effect of wetlands drainage on flooding, The (June 1980)
  • Effect of oil drilling fluids on shallow groundwater, The (December 1981)
  • Evaluating abandoned surface-mined lands (December 1983)
  • Abandoned surface-mined lands (December 1986)
  • Occurrence of radon in North Dakota (December 1987)
  • Parts per billion (June 1990)

General Geology

  • Cracks in the ground (December 1977)
  • Geography lesson (December 1977)
  • Geology and geohydrology of the Knife River Basin (December 1978)
  • Geologic time (June 1979)
  • A short sketch of North Dakota's geologic history (December 1980)
  • Effect of the Mount St. Helens eruption on North Dakota (June 1980)
  • Climatic change (June 1981)
  • Studies of the Cenozoic rocks of the Powder River and Williston Basins (December 1981)
  • Application of analytical equipment to the natural resources of North Dakota (June 1983)
  • How geology affected where people settled in North Dakota (June 1983)
  • Galilean satellite Io, The (December 1983)
  • Deflation basin stratigraphy, southwestern North Dakota (December 1984)
  • Geochemistry of shales (December 1985)
  • Killdeer Mountains and Turtle Mountains (June 1986)
  • Dunes (December 1987)
  • Water witching (December 1987)
  • Concept of geologic time (December 1990)
  • Rocky Claven corner: The earth's rotation and your instantaneous linear velocity (Spring 1993)
  • Center of North Dakota (Winter 1993)
  • An unusual example of the Taylor bed silcrete (Summer 1995)
  • Caves in North Dakota (Fall 1995)
  • Bison trails and buffalo boulders (Winter 1995)
  • Razor sharp? (flintknapping)(Winter 1996)

Geologic Hazards

  • Landslides in North Dakota (December 1979)
  • "Eruptions" on Black Butte (Slide Butte)(December 1985)
  • Earthquakes in North Dakota (December 1989; Spring 1996)

Geologic Mapping

  • Geologic mapping program (June 1974)
  • County groundwater studies (December 1976)
  • County geologic studies (December 1986)
  • Geologic projects in North Dakota, 1995 (Summer 1995)

Glacial Geology/Geomorphology

  • Dead-ice moraine (June 1977)
  • Drainage pattern of North Dakota (June 1977)
  • Glacial Lake Agassiz (December 1977)
  • Red River Valley, The (December 1977)
  • A really big Souris River flood? (December 1978)
  • Glacial thrusting as a landforming mechanism (December 1979)
  • Permafrost in southwestern North Dakota (December 1982)
  • Freckled land (December 1983)
  • Beaded shelterbelts (June 1984)
  • Subglacially molded surface in McHenry County (June 1984)
  • Drainage development in North Dakota (June 1986)
  • Hummocky collapsed glacial topography in North Dakota (December 1986)
  • Eskers in North Dakota (June 1989)
  • North Dakota's physiography and landforms (June 1989)
  • Pembina Escarpment, The (June 1990)
  • Glacial erratics in North Dakota (June 1991)
  • Origin of Hogback Ridge, McHenry county, The (December 1991)
  • Origin of the Missouri River Valley, The (June 1991)
  • Veblins, hydrodynamic blowouts, and other unusual geologic features in North Dakota (Summer 1992)
  • Ice-thrust topography in North Dakota (Winter 1992)
  • Warped beaches of glacial Lake Agassiz (Fall 1993)
  • Omars in North Dakota (Spring 1994)
  • Catastrophic ice-age floods (Fall 1995)
  • Buried glaciers and dead-ice moraine (Spring 1996)
  • No ordinary plain: North Dakota's physiography and landforms (Spring 1996)

History

  • Hayden: A geologic explorer of the 1800's (June 1976)
  • Excerpts from early exploration efforts (June 1981)
  • North Dakota oil and gas development history and resources (June 1981)
  • History of North Dakota's conservation law, The (June 1981)
  • Promotion of early drilling ventures, The (December 1984)
  • Geology building, The (June 1987)
  • Brick making in Grand Forks (December 1987)
  • Geologic fieldwork in the early 1900's (December 1987)
  • A drilling rig out of the past (June 1988)
  • Field work in Morton County (Wilson Laird's memories of)(June 1988)
  • Naming of the Williston Basin, The (June 1988)
  • T.T. Quirke and the Killdeer Mountains (December 1988)
  • Riches of a different kind (early days in the oil patch)(June 1991)
  • Drilling North Dakota's discovery well (December 1991)
  • A day to remember (oil discovery in the Williston Basin)(Summer 1993)
  • How the oil and gas conservation law came about (Spring 1994)
  • North Dakota's early oil and gas history (Fall 1994)
  • Oil and gas in North Dakota prior to 1951: What preceded Iverson (Winter 1996)
  • Prospects and swindles (Spring 1997)

Mineral Resources

  • Mineral industry in North Dakota in 1973 (December 1974)
  • Mineral rights and land rights (June 1975)
  • Mineral industry in North Dakota in 1974 (December 1975)
  • Uranium in North Dakota (June 1976)
  • Potash resources (June 1978)
  • Cement rock in North Dakota (December 1978; Winter 1994)
  • Mineral industry activity in North Dakota (December 1978)
  • Mineral industry in North Dakota in 1982 (June 1983)
  • Gold in North Dakota (June 1985)
  • North Dakota industrial mineral resources (June 1986)
  • Value of North Dakota's mineral resources (December 1986)
  • Mineral industry in North Dakota in 1986 (June 1987)
  • Nonfuel mineral industry statistics (June 1988)
  • North Dakota mineral industry statistics (June 1992)
  • Nonfuel mineral industry statistics (Summer 1992)
  • Nonfuel mineral industry statistics (Spring 1993)
  • Nonfuel mineral industry statistics (Summer 1994)
  • Sodium sulfate deposits in North Dakota (Summer/Fall 1996)
  • Salt plant in Williston (Winter 1996)

Newsletter Index

  • NDGS Newsletter index: 1974-1994 (Summer 1995)
  • NDGS Newsletter index: 1995 (Spring 1996)
  • NDGS Newsletter index: 1996 (Spring 1997)

Oil and Gas

  • North Dakota crude oil supplies (June 1975)
  • Red Wing Creek Field (June 1975)
  • Drilling-production increase in 1974 (December 1975)
  • Gas flaring (December 1975)
  • Odds of finding oil in North Dakota (June 1976)
  • Exploration strategies (June 1977)
  • Stripper wells (June 1977; June 1985)
  • Income to North Dakota from oil and gas (June 1978)
  • Origin of oil and gas (December 1978)
  • Discovery well will be redrilled (December 1979)
  • Increased energy resource development (June 1979)
  • Oil production from Kaskaskia rocks in North Dakota's Williston Basin (June 1982)
  • Production performance curves (June 1982)
  • Formation volume factor (December 1982)
  • Enhanced oil recovery (December 1983)
  • What is a unitized oil field? (December 1984)
  • North Dakota oil production history and suggestions for future exploration (December 1985)
  • Tax incentives for drilling? (December 1985)
  • Variety and diversity of oil fields in North Dakota (June 1986)
  • Evaluation of subsurface rock formations to encourage oil and gas exploration and development (December 1986)
  • Horizontal oil well drilling in North Dakota (December 1987)
  • Enhanced oil recovery projects (June 1988)
  • Wabek Field (December 1988)
  • Historical and stratigraphic review of oil development in North Dakota (June 1989)
  • Horizontal drilling in the Bakken Formation (December 1989)
  • Horizontal drilling technology (December 1989)
  • Oil and gas drilling and production procedures (December 1990)
  • Drilling North Dakota's discovery well (December 1991)
  • Horizontal drilling in Saskatchewan and it's implication in North Dakota (December 1991)
  • Lucky Mound Field (December 1991)
  • Production in perspective (Winter 1992)
  • Radiometrics and free gas measurements applied to oil exploration (Winter 1992)
  • A day to remember (Summer 1993)
  • Waulsortian mounds and Conoco's new Lodgepole well (Summer 1993)
  • Dickinson Lodgepole update (Winter 1993)
  • Pools and reservoirs (Summer 1994)
  • Lodgepole Formation play update (Spring 1995)
  • Lodgepole Formation carbonate buildup play and Waulsortian mounds in North Dakota (Winter 1995)
  • Oil and gas in North Dakota prior to 1951: What preceded Iverson (Winter 1996)
  • Prospects and swindles (Spring 1997)

Paleontology

  • Fossils in North Dakota (June 1977)
  • Fossil dinosaur bones found in western North Dakota (December 1981)
  • Fossil insect studies concerning the climatic and environmental evolution of North Dakota and adjacent areas (December 1982)
  • Fitterer Ranch fossils (June 1984)
  • Fitterer quarry: An unusual Oligocene mammal fossil occurrence (December 1984)
  • North Dakota's state fossil (June 1986)
  • Fossil sharks of North Dakota (June 1988)
  • Little Badlands and Fitterer Ranch fossil sites (December 1988)
  • New rules adopted to protect paleontological resources on state lands (December 1990)
  • Restoration of the Highgate Mastodon skeleton (December 1991)
  • North Dakota's fossil resource management program (Winter 1992)
  • North Dakota's fossils (Fall 1993)
  • Stumpf site registered as North Dakota natural area (Winter 1994)
  • Micro-Jaws 1! (a.k.a. scolecodonts)(Winter 1995)
  • Restoration and display of a crocodile-like Champsosaurus gigas skeleton at the North Dakota Heritage Center (Fall 1995)
  • Mosasaurs, sharks, and other marine creatures from the Cooperstown Pierre Shale site (Summer/Fall 1996)
  • Paleontology of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (Spring 1997)
  • Triceratops skull exhibited at the North Dakota Heritage Center (Spring 1997)

Regulation

  • Separation of surface mineral estates (June 1980)
  • New geothermal, underground injection rules and regulations to be enacted (December 1983)
  • Amendments to surface owner's notice (June 1987)
  • New rules adopted to protect paleontological resources on state lands (December 1990)
  • How the oil and gas conservation law came about (Spring 1994)
  • North Dakota Geological Survey's regulatory responsibilities (Winter 1994)

Remote Sensing

  • Side-looking radar images (June 1991)

Rocks and Minerals

  • Rocks and mineral collecting in North Dakota (June 1976)
  • Scoria in North Dakota (December 1976)
  • Two interesting concretions (December 1982)
  • Clinker (December 1988)
  • Fluorescent minerals in North Dakota (December 1990)
  • Capitol stones (Summer 1992)
  • A state rock for North Dakota? (Spring 1993)
  • Concretions and nodules in North Dakota (Summer 1994)
  • North Dakota's rocks and minerals (Summer 1995)
  • Brenna Formation selenite crystals from Fargo, North Dakota (Summer/Fall 1996)
  • The "birth" of a concretions (Winter 1996)
  • More concretions (Winter 1996)

Stratigraphy

  • Computer-assisted stratigraphic interpretation of the Inyan Kara Formation (June 1981)
  • Central High Atlas and the Williston Basin (December 1984)
  • Mississippian nomenclature in North Dakota (December 1990)

Water Resources

  • Groundwater in North Dakota: An overview (June 1979)
  • Protecting North Dakota's groundwater resources (June 1984)
L.K. Kries, P.L. Thomas, R.B. Burke and S.G. Whittaker (Test Version) Devonian Isopach and Structure Maps, IEA Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project Area