The Amerasia Basin Petroleum Province encompasses the Canada Basin and the sediment prisms along the Alaska and Canada margins, outboard from basinward margins (hingelines) of the rift shoulders that formed during extensional opening of the Canada Basin.
Houseknecht, David W. dhouse@usgs.gov,Bird, Kenneth J. kbird@usgs.gov,Garrity, Christopher P. cgarrity@usgs.gov. Assessment of undiscovered petroleum resources of the Amerasia Basin Petroleum Province. 2012-01-01.