Usage:
Kaguyak Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Kaguyak [Bay] along sea cliffs from Big River to Swikshak River [secs. 19 and 20, T. 18 S., R. 27 W., and secs. 13 and 14, T. 18 S., R. 28 W., Afognak C-6 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360)], southwestern AK (Keller and Reiser, 1959).
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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