Usage:
Skwentna Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: valley of Skwentna River, 10 or 15 mi above junction with Yentna River, southwestern AK (Spurr, 1900; Brooks, 1911).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southwestern region*
Alaska Southern 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 ([ ]).