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Geologic Unit: Siksikpuk

Usage:

Siksikpuk Formation of Etivluk Group (AK*)


Geologic age:

Permian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

East side of tributary of Tiglukpuk Creek, a tributary of Siksikpuk River, in secs. 21 and 23, T. 12 S., R. 1 E. (Lat. 68 deg. 17 min. N., Long. 151 deg. 53 min. and 48 min. W.), Brooks Range, northern AK (Patton, 1957; Mull and others, 1982).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska Northern region*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).