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  • Usage in publication:
    • Staines Tongue*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Siltstone
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Alaska Northern region
Publication:

Molenaar, C.M., Bird, K.J., and Kirk, A.R., 1987, Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy of northeastern Alaska, IN Tailleur, I.L., and Weimer, Paul, eds., Alaskan North Slope geology; Volume 1: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, North Slope Seminar II, AAPG/SEPM/SEG Pacific Section annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, May 22-24, 1985, book 50, p. 513-528., Prepared by SEPM Pacific Section and Alaska Geol. Soc


Summary:

Named as tongue in Sagavanirktok Formation after Staines River. Type section designated as interval between 7710 and 8590 ft in West Staines State-2 well, sec.25 T9N R22E [Flaxman Island quad, northern AK]. Present in wells throughout Point Thomson area and can be traced in subsurface 20 to 30 mi to south and west where it thickens and grades into main body of Sagavanirktok; grades into Canning Formation (new) short distance to north and east of West Staines State-2 well. Underlies Mikkelsen Tongue (new) of Canning Formation. Palynomorph data indicate Paleocene age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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