Usage:
West Foreland Formation (AK*)
West Foreland Formation of Kenai Group (AK)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene, latest*
Eocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 10,620 to 11,510 ft, Pan American Petroleum Corp. West Foreland No. 1 well, west side of Cook Inlet, in sec. 21, T. 8 N., R. 14 W., Seward Meridian, southern AK (Calderwood and Fackler, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
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 ([ ]).