Brooks, James M., Michael E. Field, and II Kennicutt, Mahlon C.. "Observations of Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments, Offshore Northern California." Marine Geology 96 (1991): 103-109.

Field, Michael E., and Keith A. Kvenvolden. "Gas Hydrates on the Northern California Continental Margin." Geology 13 (1985): 517-520.

Clarke, Samuel H., Jr., Michael E. Field, and Carol A. Hirozawa. Reconnaissance Geology and Geologic Hazards of the Offshore Coos Bay Basin, Oregon In U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 1645. Department of the Interior, 1985.

Field, Michael E., Jr. Clarke, Samuel H., and Michael E. White. Geology and Geologic Hazards of Offshore Eel River Basin, Northern California Continental Margin In U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Vol. 80-1080. Department of the Interior, 1980.

Dupre, W. R., H. E. Clifton, and R. E. Hunter. Modern Sedimentary Facies of the Open Pacific Coast and Pleistocene Analogs from Monterey Bay, California In Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium, Edited by Michael E. Field. Vol. 4. Pacific Section SEPM, 1980.

Field, Michael E., Keith A. Kvenvolden, and Jr. Clarke, Samuel H.. Location and Hydrocarbon Content of a Gravity Core from the Offshore Eel River Basin, Northern California In U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report. Vol. 79-1618., 1979.