Usage:
Gaikema Sandstone of Tuxedni Group (AK*)
Gaikema Sandstone Member of Kialagvik Formation (AK)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well exposed on Gaikema Creek, in northern part of Iniskin Peninsula, southwestern AK. Named from Gaikema Creek (Kirschner and Minard, 1948).
Type locality: on left bank of Gaikema Creek, starting 5,000 ft from mouth and continuing upstream 1,800 ft, Iniskin Peninsula, southwestern AK (Detterman, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southwestern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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