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Geologic Unit: Gubik

Usage:

Gubik Formation (AK*)


Subunits:

Flaxman Member (AK).


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Pliocene*
Quaternary
Pleistocene*


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

Bluffs along west bank of Colville River from mouth of Anaktuvuk River to Ocean Point (Gryc and others, 1951).


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 ([ ]).