Usage:
Clallam Formation (WA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality]: exposures that extend eastward [8 mi] from Clallam Bay to Pillar Point along south shore of Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Co., WA (Arnold, 1906; Addicott, 1976b).
AAPG geologic province:
Olympic Mountains province*
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 ([ ]).