- Usage in publication:
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- Gastineau Channel Formation*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Till
- Gravel
- Sand
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Alaska Southeastern region
Summary:
Named after Gastineau Channel, fiord that separates Juneau mainland from Douglas Island. Type area designated as low-lying land along Gastineau Channel on Juneau mainland and Douglas Island and along Montana Creek valley, southeastern AK. Three facies consist of (1) oldest, stone-rich diamicton that is till-like mixture of clasts within silt and sand matrix, (2) gravel-rich diamicton that is hard and dense, and (3) sand-rich diamicton, finest-grained and least dense of 3. Contains marine mollusks, barnacles, and foraminifers. Radiocarbon determinations on shells indicate late Pleistocene and early Holocene age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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